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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 1903

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TODAY
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Lunar month 329Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness6Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 320Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain21Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer7Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 17, 1903

Lunar 一九〇三年 · 三月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Mon

    1903-04-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1903-04-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1903-04-21

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1903-05-07

    In 20 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙辰

三月二十

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingMake netsFishing

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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