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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 2236

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Lunar month 227Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 29, 2236

Lunar 二二三六年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Rain

    Wed

    2236-04-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2236-04-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2236-05-05

    In 6 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2236-05-21

    In 22 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬辰

三月廿三

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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