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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 1928

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Leap lunar month 21Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 22Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 23Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 24Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 26Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 27Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 28Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 29Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 210Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 211Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 212Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 213Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 214Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 215Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 216Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 217Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 218Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 219Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 16, 1928

Lunar 一九二八年 · 闰二月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    1928-04-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1928-04-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1928-04-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1928-05-06

    In 20 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙辰

闰二月廿六

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingDemolish a houseDemolish wallsSeek medical careTreat illnessLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessTradeMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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