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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 2116

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TODAY
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Lunar month 229Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness4Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 6, 2116

Lunar 二一一六年 · 二月廿四

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. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    2116-04-04

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2116-04-06

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    2116-04-20

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2116-05-05

    In 29 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬辰

二月廿四

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleWelcome a household memberOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboard

Avoid

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

Offer prayersFuneral preparationMake an offeringBuild a stoveBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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