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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 2040

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Lunar month 21Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain19Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 320Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 11, 2040

Lunar 二〇四〇年 · 三月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    2040-04-04

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2040-04-11

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2040-04-19

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2040-05-05

    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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚辰

三月初一

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateMove the hearthRelocateMove into a homeRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalTravelTend a graveBurialOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

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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