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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 2153

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Lunar month 31Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness4Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 16, 2153

Lunar 二一五三年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Wed

    2153-04-04

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2153-04-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2153-04-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2153-05-05

    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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙辰

三月廿三

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set an altarMove the hearthFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardConsecrate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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