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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 2086

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Lunar month 231Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain19Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 17, 2086

Lunar 二〇八六年 · 三月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    2086-04-04

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2086-04-17

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2086-04-19

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2086-05-05

    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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬辰

三月初四

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamOpen a storehouse

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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