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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 2019

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Lunar month 231Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 12, 2019

Lunar 二〇一九年 · 三月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Fri

    2019-04-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2019-04-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2019-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2019-05-06

    In 24 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊辰

三月初八

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteComing-of-age riteBuild a stoveReceive wealthTrade

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageDig a wellBurialInstall doorsVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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