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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 1963

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 331Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 320Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain21Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 3, 1963

Lunar 一九六三年 · 三月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1963-03-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1963-04-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1963-04-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1963-04-21

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙卯

三月初十

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Cut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawSet a bedFuneral preparationReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveOpen for businessBurialBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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