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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 2025

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Lunar month 330Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 331Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness4Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Lunar 二〇二五年 · 三月十九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    2025-04-04

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2025-04-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2025-04-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2025-05-05

    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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十九

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet a bedTradeExecute an agreementDig a pondMend wallsSeal openingsFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

MarriageDig a wellVisit the sickOpen for businessConsecratePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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