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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 1917

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Leap lunar month 21Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 22Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 23Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 24Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 26Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 27Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 28Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 29Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 210Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 211Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 212Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 213Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 214Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 215Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 216Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 217Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 218Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 219Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 220Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain21Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 35Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 4, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 闰二月十三

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. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1917-03-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1917-04-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1917-04-05

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1917-04-21

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸卯

闰二月十三

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Cut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawSet a bedFuneral preparationReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveOpen for businessBurialBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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