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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 2016

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TODAY
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Lunar month 227Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 228Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain19Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 320Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Lunar 二〇一六年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Rain

    Tue

    2016-04-19

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2016-04-23

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2016-05-05

    In 12 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2016-05-20

    In 27 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十七

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingMake netsFishing

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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