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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 2085

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Lunar month 31Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness4Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 35Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain19Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 320Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 16, 2085

Lunar 二〇八五年 · 三月廿二

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. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    2085-04-04

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2085-04-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2085-04-19

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2085-05-05

    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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚辰

三月廿二

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateFormal betrothalMarriageOpen for businessTravelVisit friends and familySet a bedMake nets

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove into a homeBuild a houseBreak groundBreak ground for burialVisit 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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