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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 1978

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 226Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 14, 1978

Lunar 一九七八年 · 三月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1978-04-05

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1978-04-14

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1978-04-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1978-05-06

    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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初八

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageConsecrateTravelHaircutVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedPlantingAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Thanksgiving riteOffer prayersRaise a roof beamBuild a stovePurification riteConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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