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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 29, 2106

Lunar 二一〇六年 · 三月廿六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Grain Rain

    Tue

    2106-04-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2106-04-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2106-05-06

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2106-05-21

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬辰

三月廿六

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingReceive livestockFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageTravelSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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