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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 2142

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Lunar month 31Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 12, 2142

Lunar 二一四二年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Thu

    2142-04-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2142-04-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2142-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2142-05-05

    In 23 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十七

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringConsecrateOffer prayersPray for childrenSet a bedLift misfortune

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalExchange family namesMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeOpen a storehouseMove the hearthBreak groundBreak ground for burialReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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