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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 2029

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Lunar month 21Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness4Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 18, 2029

Lunar 二〇二九年 · 三月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    2029-04-04

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2029-04-18

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2029-04-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2029-05-05

    In 17 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊辰

三月初五

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementReceive livestockAnimal husbandryMove the hearthRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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