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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 2000

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Lunar month 226Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 227Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 228Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 21, 2000

Lunar 二〇〇〇年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Tue

    2000-04-04

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2000-04-21

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2000-05-05

    In 14 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2000-05-21

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十七

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeSet a bedConstruction

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialReceive wealthDig a wellHang a signboardOpen for businessTimber workTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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