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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 1988

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 227Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 3, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 二月十七

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

    Sun

    1988-03-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1988-04-03

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1988-04-04

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1988-04-20

    In 17 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙卯

二月十七

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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