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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 2042

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Leap lunar month 230Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 231Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 21Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 22Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 23Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness4Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 25Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 26Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 27Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 28Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 29Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 210Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 211Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 212Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 213Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 214Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 215Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 216Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 217Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 218Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 219Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 2, 2042

Lunar 二〇四二年 · 闰二月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    2042-03-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2042-04-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    2042-04-04

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2042-04-20

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸卯

闰二月十二

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Coming-of-age riteFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinLevel roadsRepair walls

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a stoveTreat illnessVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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