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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 2230

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Lunar month 228Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 30, 2230

Lunar 二二三〇年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Grain Rain

    Tue

    2230-04-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2230-04-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2230-05-06

    In 6 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2230-05-21

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十七

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingSeal openingsHuntingMake netsFishingClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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