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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 1998

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 329Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 331Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 13, 1998

Lunar 一九九八年 · 三月十七

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

    Sun

    1998-04-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1998-04-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1998-04-20

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1998-05-06

    In 23 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十七

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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