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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 2176

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Lunar month 231Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness4Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 25Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain19Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 320Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 19, 2176

Lunar 二一七六年 · 三月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    2176-04-04

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2176-04-19

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2176-05-05

    In 16 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2176-05-20

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 谷雨

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬辰

三月初十

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateFormal betrothalMarriageOpen for businessTravelVisit friends and familySet a bedMake nets

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove into a homeBuild a houseBreak groundBreak ground for burialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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