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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 1927

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Lunar month 227Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 228Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness6Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 320Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain21Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 18, 1927

Lunar 一九二七年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1927-04-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1927-04-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1927-04-21

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1927-05-06

    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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十七

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Pray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberSet a bedOpen for business

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burialThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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