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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 2217

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Lunar month 230Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 14, 2217

Lunar 二二一七年 · 三月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    2217-04-05

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2217-04-14

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2217-04-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2217-05-06

    In 22 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲辰

三月初八

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingMake netsFishing

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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