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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 1908

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Lunar month 229Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 16, 1908

Lunar 一九〇八年 · 三月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and deep study. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1908-04-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1908-04-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1908-04-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1908-05-06

    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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十六

Day cycle

辛丑

壁上土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙未)羊 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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