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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 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

Saturday, April 20, 2216

Lunar 二二一六年 · 三月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Fri

    2216-04-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2216-04-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2216-05-05

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2216-05-21

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 谷雨

Year cycle

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬辰

三月初三

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

None

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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