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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 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

Thursday, April 18, 2171

Lunar 二一七一年 · 三月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    2171-04-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2171-04-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2171-04-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2171-05-05

    In 17 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十四

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleWelcome a household memberOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboard

Avoid

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

Offer prayersFuneral preparationMake an offeringBuild a stoveBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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