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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

Thursday, April 11, 2216

Lunar 二二一六年 · 二月廿四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    2216-04-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2216-04-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2216-04-20

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2216-05-05

    In 24 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬辰

二月廿四

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersCut garmentsSet the marriage bedSet a bedFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Dig a wellInstall doorsMarriageFormal betrothal

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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