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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 2188

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Lunar month 330Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness4Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 35Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain19Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 320Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 18, 2188

Lunar 二一八八年 · 三月廿二

Daily direction

Due South

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

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Fri

    2188-04-04

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2188-04-18

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2188-04-19

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2188-05-05

    In 17 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙辰

三月廿二

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingReceive livestockFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageTravelSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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