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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 2026

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TODAY
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Lunar month 229Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 214Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 215Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 216Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Lunar 二〇二六年 · 二月廿四

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

    Sun

    2026-04-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2026-04-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    2026-04-20

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2026-05-05

    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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬辰

二月廿四

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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