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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 2021

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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

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 三月初二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2021-04-13

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    2021-04-20

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    2021-05-05

    In 22 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

三月初二

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersCut garmentsSet the marriage bedSet a bedFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Dig a wellInstall doorsMarriageFormal betrothal

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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