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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 2184

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Lunar month 228Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness4Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 25Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain19Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 320Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 30, 2184

Lunar 二一八四年 · 三月二十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Grain Rain

    Mon

    2184-04-19

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2184-04-30

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    2184-05-05

    In 5 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2184-05-20

    In 20 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊辰

三月二十

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingSeal openingsHuntingMake netsFishingClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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