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Daily Insight

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

April 2020

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Lunar month 329Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 331Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain19Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 320Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 四月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2020-04-19

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2020-04-30

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2020-05-05

    In 5 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2020-05-20

    In 20 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚辰

四月初八

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteSet a bedEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBuild a stoveTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

LitigationConsecrateOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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