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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

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

Friday, April 6, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 闰二月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1917-04-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1917-04-21

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1917-05-06

    In 30 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲辰

闰二月十五

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementReceive livestockAnimal husbandryMove the hearthRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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