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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

Sunday, April 14, 1974

Lunar 一九七四年 · 三月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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

    Fri

    1974-04-05

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1974-04-14

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1974-04-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1974-05-06

    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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿二

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersConsecratePray for childrenPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactSeek medical careTreat illnessLay foundations

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundDig a wellDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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