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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 1947

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Leap lunar month 230Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 231Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 21Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 22Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 23Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 24Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 26Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 27Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 28Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 29Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 210Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 211Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 212Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 213Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 214Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 215Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 216Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 217Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 218Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 219Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 220Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain21Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 17, 1947

Lunar 一九四七年 · 闰二月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    1947-04-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1947-04-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1947-04-21

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1947-05-06

    In 19 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲辰

闰二月廿六

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set an altarMove the hearthFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardConsecrate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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