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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 2197

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TODAY
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Lunar month 226Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain19Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 29, 2197

Lunar 二一九七年 · 三月十三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    2197-04-19

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2197-04-29

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2197-05-05

    In 6 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2197-05-20

    In 21 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十三

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateFormal betrothalMarriageOpen for businessTravelVisit friends and familySet a bedMake nets

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove into a homeBuild a houseBreak groundBreak ground for burialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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