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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 2178

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Lunar month 229Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 216Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 217Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 20, 2178

Lunar 二一七八年 · 三月初三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    2178-04-04

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2178-04-20

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2178-05-05

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2178-05-21

    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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初三

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingPurification riteLift misfortuneSeek medical careTreat illnessVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersPlantingHaircutClean the home

Avoid

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

Open for businessMarriageRelocateMove into a homeDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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