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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 2024

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Lunar month 231Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain19Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 320Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Lunar 二〇二四年 · 三月廿二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2024-04-19

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2024-04-30

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2024-05-05

    In 5 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2024-05-20

    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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿二

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringConsecrateOffer prayersPray for childrenSet a bedLift misfortune

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalExchange family namesMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeOpen a storehouseMove the hearthBreak groundBreak ground for burialReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

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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