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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 2233

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Lunar month 231Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 17, 2233

Lunar 二二三三年 · 三月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    2233-04-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2233-04-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2233-04-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2233-05-05

    In 18 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初八

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set an altarMove the hearthFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardConsecrate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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