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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 2104

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Lunar month 330Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 331Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness4Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 16, 2104

Lunar 二一〇四年 · 三月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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

    Fri

    2104-04-04

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2104-04-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2104-04-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2104-05-05

    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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿一

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeSet a bedConstruction

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialReceive wealthDig a wellHang a signboardOpen for businessTimber workTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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