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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 21, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 三月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2009-04-21

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2009-05-05

    In 14 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2009-05-21

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿六

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

Avoid

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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