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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 1883

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TODAY
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Lunar month 21Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 18, 1883

Lunar 一八八三年 · 三月十二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1883-04-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1883-04-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1883-04-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1883-05-06

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

清明 → 谷雨

Year cycle

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十二

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringWelcome a household memberMarriageSet a bedLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteTravelCut garmentsClean the home

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Dig a wellBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Favourable

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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