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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 2087

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Lunar month 230Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 2, 2087

Lunar 二〇八七年 · 二月廿九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    2087-03-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2087-04-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    2087-04-04

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2087-04-20

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸卯

二月廿九

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundSet a bedFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Build a stoveConsecrateMarriageOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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