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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 2023

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Leap lunar month 226Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 227Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 228Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 229Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 230Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 231Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 21Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 22Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 23Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 24Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 26Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 27Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 28Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 29Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 210Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 211Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 212Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 213Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 214Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 215Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 216Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 217Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 218Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 219Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Lunar 二〇二三年 · 闰二月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    2023-04-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2023-04-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2023-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2023-05-06

    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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙辰

闰二月廿二

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

None

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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