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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 2015

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Lunar month 229Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Lunar 二〇一五年 · 二月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sun

    2015-04-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2015-04-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    2015-04-20

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    2015-05-06

    In 25 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚辰

二月廿三

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactLift misfortunePlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Tend a graveBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveTravelBurialBuild a houseMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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