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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 2186

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Leap lunar month 226Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 227Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 228Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 229Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 230Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 231Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 21Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 22Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 23Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 25Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 26Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 27Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 28Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 29Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 210Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 211Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 212Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 213Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 214Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 215Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 216Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 217Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 218Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 8, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 闰二月十九

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

    Tue

    2186-04-04

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2186-04-08

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2186-04-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2186-05-05

    In 27 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬辰

闰二月十九

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

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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