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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 2185

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Lunar month 227Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 331Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness4Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain19Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 320Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 30, 2185

Lunar 二一八五年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    2185-04-19

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2185-04-30

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2185-05-05

    In 5 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2185-05-20

    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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚辰

四月初一

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringRepair wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

ConsecrateConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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