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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 2181

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Lunar month 21Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain19Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 14, 2181

Lunar 二一八一年 · 三月初一

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

    Wed

    2181-04-04

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2181-04-14

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2181-04-19

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2181-05-05

    In 21 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬辰

三月初一

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersCut garmentsSet the marriage bedSet a bedFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Dig a wellInstall doorsMarriageFormal betrothal

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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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