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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 2021

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TODAY
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Lunar month 228Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness4Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 10, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 二月廿九

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

    Sun

    2021-04-04

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2021-04-10

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    2021-04-20

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    2021-05-05

    In 25 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬辰

二月廿九

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garmentsInstall machineryDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBurialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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