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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 2053

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Lunar month 230Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness4Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain19Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 320Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 26, 2053

Lunar 二〇五三年 · 三月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2053-04-19

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2053-04-26

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2053-05-05

    In 9 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2053-05-20

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初八

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringWelcome a household memberMarriageSet a bedLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteTravelCut garmentsClean the home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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