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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 2048

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Lunar month 229Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain19Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 320Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 16, 2048

Lunar 二〇四八年 · 三月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    2048-04-04

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2048-04-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2048-04-19

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2048-05-05

    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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初四

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelTrain livestockClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

ConsecrateTimber workBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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