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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 1997

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Lunar month 230Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 18, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 三月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1997-04-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1997-04-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1997-04-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1997-05-05

    In 17 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十二

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMarriageWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyTradeExecute an agreementBreak groundEnd mourning dressThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Funeral preparationBurialMove into a homeSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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