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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
Mon
Tue
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

Wednesday, April 15, 1998

Lunar 一九九八年 · 三月十九

Daily direction

Due South

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

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1998-04-15

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1998-04-20

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1998-05-06

    In 21 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

三月十九

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringWelcome a household memberMarriageSet a bedLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteTravelCut garmentsClean the home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Favourable

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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