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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

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

April 2009

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Lunar month 329Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 331Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness4Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 三月十九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sat

    2009-04-04

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2009-04-14

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    2009-04-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2009-05-05

    In 21 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十九

Day cycle

己丑

霹雳火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸未)羊 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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