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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 2177

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Lunar month 330Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 331Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness4Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain19Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 320Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 2, 2177

Lunar 二一七七年 · 三月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    2177-03-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2177-04-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    2177-04-04

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2177-04-19

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸卯

三月初四

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Break groundBuild a stoveMove into a homeConsecrateSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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