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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 2174

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Lunar month 227Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 228Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 21, 2174

Lunar 二一七四年 · 三月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    2174-04-04

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2174-04-21

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2174-05-05

    In 14 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2174-05-21

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊辰

三月二十

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialGroom nailsCaptureHuntingFishing

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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