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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 2106

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Lunar month 228Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 15, 2106

Lunar 二一〇六年 · 三月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Mon

    2106-04-05

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2106-04-15

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    2106-04-20

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2106-05-06

    In 21 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十二

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelTradeSeal openingsMarriageHaircutOpen for businessSet a bed

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove the hearthAcquire propertyBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConstructionRaise a roof beamMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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