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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 1968

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 331Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 17, 1968

Lunar 一九六八年 · 三月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1968-04-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1968-04-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1968-04-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1968-05-05

    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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙辰

三月二十

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactLift misfortunePlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Tend a graveBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveTravelBurialBuild a houseMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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