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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 1974

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Lunar month 331Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 4, 1974

Lunar 一九七四年 · 三月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1974-03-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1974-04-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1974-04-05

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1974-04-20

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁卯

三月十二

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateSculpture and paintingFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleSet a bedLay foundationsBreak groundRaise pillars

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingTimber workBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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