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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 2221

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Lunar month 31Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 12, 2221

Lunar 二二二一年 · 三月十九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    2221-04-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2221-04-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2221-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2221-05-05

    In 23 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十九

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelTradeSeal openingsMarriageHaircutOpen for businessSet a bed

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove the hearthAcquire propertyBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConstructionRaise a roof beamMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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