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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 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

Wednesday, April 12, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 闰二月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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

    Tue

    2186-04-04

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2186-04-12

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2186-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2186-05-05

    In 23 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

闰二月廿三

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet a bedTradeExecute an agreementDig a pondMend wallsSeal openingsFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

MarriageDig a wellVisit the sickOpen for businessConsecratePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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