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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 1918

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Lunar month 231Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain21Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 18, 1918

Lunar 一九一八年 · 三月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. 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

    Fri

    1918-04-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1918-04-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1918-04-21

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1918-05-06

    In 18 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初八

Day cycle

乙未

沙中金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveDig a wellLevel roads

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己丑)牛 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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