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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 1914

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Lunar month 329Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 331Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 320Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain21Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 17, 1914

Lunar 一九一四年 · 三月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1914-04-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1914-04-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1914-04-21

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1914-05-06

    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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿二

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteTravelLay foundationsBuild a houseLay foundation stonesInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessReceive wealthMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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