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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 2108

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Lunar month 21Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness4Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 19, 2108

Lunar 二一〇八年 · 三月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    Wed

    2108-04-04

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2108-04-19

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2108-04-20

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2108-05-05

    In 16 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初九

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteTravelLay foundationsBuild a houseLay foundation stonesInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessReceive wealthMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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