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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 1972

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TODAY
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Lunar month 226Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 17, 1972

Lunar 一九七二年 · 三月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Wed

    1972-04-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1972-04-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1972-04-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1972-05-05

    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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲辰

三月初四

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementReceive livestockAnimal husbandryMove the hearthRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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