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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 2169

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Lunar month 226Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 331Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness4Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 8, 2169

Lunar 二一六九年 · 三月十二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Tue

    2169-04-04

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2169-04-08

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2169-04-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2169-05-05

    In 27 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十二

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Pray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberSet a bedOpen for business

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burialThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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