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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 2172

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TODAY
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Lunar month 329Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness4Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 35Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain19Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 320Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 9, 2172

Lunar 二一七二年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    2172-04-04

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2172-04-09

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2172-04-19

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2172-05-05

    In 26 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十七

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingMake netsFishing

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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