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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 2022

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Lunar month 227Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 16, 2022

Lunar 二〇二二年 · 三月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    2022-04-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2022-04-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Wed

    2022-04-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2022-05-05

    In 19 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十六

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingMake netsFishing

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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