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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 1973

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 21Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 6, 1973

Lunar 一九七三年 · 三月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1973-03-21

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1973-04-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1973-04-20

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1973-05-05

    In 29 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初四

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingReceive livestockFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageTravelSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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