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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 2199

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 331Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness4Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 24, 2199

Lunar 二一九九年 · 三月廿九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2199-04-20

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2199-04-24

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2199-05-05

    In 11 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2199-05-21

    In 27 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿九

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingMake netsFishing

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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