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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 2105

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TODAY
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Lunar month 229Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 214Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 8, 2105

Lunar 二一〇五年 · 二月廿四

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

    Sun

    2105-04-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2105-04-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    2105-04-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2105-05-05

    In 27 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚辰

二月廿四

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageConsecrateTravelHaircutVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedPlantingAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Thanksgiving riteOffer prayersRaise a roof beamBuild a stovePurification riteConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

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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