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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 2081

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TODAY
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Lunar month 230Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness4Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 25Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain19Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 320Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 17, 2081

Lunar 二〇八一年 · 三月初九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    2081-04-04

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2081-04-17

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2081-04-19

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2081-05-05

    In 18 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬辰

三月初九

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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