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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 2103

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 21Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 320Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain21Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 7, 2103

Lunar 二一〇三年 · 三月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    2103-04-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2103-04-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2103-04-21

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2103-05-06

    In 29 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初一

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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