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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 2206

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Lunar month 230Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 19, 2206

Lunar 二二〇六年 · 三月十一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    2206-04-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2206-04-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2206-04-20

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2206-05-06

    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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十一

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageConsecrateTravelHaircutVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedPlantingAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Thanksgiving riteOffer prayersRaise a roof beamBuild a stovePurification riteConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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