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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 2140

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TODAY
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Lunar month 227Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness4Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain19Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 320Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 16, 2140

Lunar 二一四〇年 · 二月廿九

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

    2140-04-04

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2140-04-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    2140-04-19

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2140-05-05

    In 19 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚辰

二月廿九

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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