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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 2002

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
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Lunar month 231Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 28, 2002

Lunar 二〇〇二年 · 三月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2002-04-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2002-04-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2002-05-06

    In 8 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2002-05-21

    In 23 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十六

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set an altarMove the hearthFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardConsecrate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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