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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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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 16, 2172

Lunar 二一七二年 · 三月廿四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Sat

    2172-04-04

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2172-04-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2172-04-19

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2172-05-05

    In 19 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

三月廿四

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageConsecrateTravelHaircutVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedPlantingAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Thanksgiving riteOffer prayersRaise a roof beamBuild a stovePurification riteConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

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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