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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

Saturday, April 21, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 三月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Thu

    1917-04-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1917-04-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1917-05-06

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1917-05-21

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 谷雨

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲辰

三月初一

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak groundRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

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

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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