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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 2121

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TODAY
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Lunar month 230Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 214Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 215Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 216Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 18, 2121

Lunar 二一二一年 · 三月初二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    2121-04-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2121-04-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2121-04-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2121-05-05

    In 17 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬辰

三月初二

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneTrain livestockTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionConsecrateBuild roof beamsBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Favourable

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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