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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
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Thu
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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 13, 1973

Lunar 一九七三年 · 三月十一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Thu

    1973-04-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1973-04-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1973-04-20

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1973-05-05

    In 22 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

三月十一

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteComing-of-age riteBuild a stoveReceive wealthTrade

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageDig a wellBurialInstall doorsVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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