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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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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 17, 1963

Lunar 一九六三年 · 三月廿四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Fri

    1963-04-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1963-04-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1963-04-21

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1963-05-06

    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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙辰

三月廿四

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMarriageWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyTradeExecute an agreementBreak groundEnd mourning dressThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Funeral preparationBurialMove into a homeSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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