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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 2097

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Lunar month 231Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness4Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 25Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain19Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 320Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 16, 2097

Lunar 二〇九七年 · 三月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    2097-04-04

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2097-04-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2097-04-19

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2097-05-05

    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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲辰

三月初五

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteTravelLay foundationsBuild a houseLay foundation stonesInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessReceive wealthMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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