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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 2216

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Lunar month 231Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 214Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 215Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 216Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 217Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 1, 2216

Lunar 二二一六年 · 二月十四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    2216-03-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2216-04-01

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    2216-04-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2216-04-20

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛卯

二月十四

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateSculpture and paintingPray for childrenFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteInstall machineryBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openings

Avoid

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

TravelPurification riteBurialMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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