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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 1977

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Lunar month 227Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 215Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 216Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 217Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 1, 1977

Lunar 一九七七年 · 二月十三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    1977-03-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1977-04-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1977-04-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1977-04-20

    In 19 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸卯

二月十三

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

HaircutComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyTimber workReceive livestockBuild animal sheltersBurialBreak ground for burialBuild roof beamsBuild a stovePrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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