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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 2204

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Lunar month 31Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 8, 2204

Lunar 二二〇四年 · 三月初八

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

    Thu

    2204-04-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2204-04-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2204-04-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2204-05-05

    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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊辰

三月初八

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersConsecratePray for childrenPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactSeek medical careTreat illnessLay foundations

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundDig a wellDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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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