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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 2021

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 228Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness4Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 三月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    2021-04-04

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2021-04-15

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    2021-04-20

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    2021-05-05

    In 20 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬辰

三月初四

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak groundRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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