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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 2187

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Lunar month 21Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 22, 2187

Lunar 二一八七年 · 三月十四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    2187-04-20

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2187-04-22

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2187-05-05

    In 13 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2187-05-21

    In 29 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十四

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateFormal betrothalMarriageOpen for businessTravelVisit friends and familySet a bedMake nets

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove into a homeBuild a houseBreak groundBreak ground for burialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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