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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 2171

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Lunar month 231Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 3, 2171

Lunar 二一七一年 · 二月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    2171-03-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2171-04-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    2171-04-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2171-04-20

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛卯

二月廿八

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateMove into a homeRelocateSet a bed

Avoid

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

MarriageFuneral processionSet up a horse frameBuild roof beamsHaircutAnimal husbandryBurialReceive livestockTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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