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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 2003

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Lunar month 230Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 4, 2003

Lunar 二〇〇三年 · 三月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    2003-03-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2003-04-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    2003-04-05

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2003-04-20

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙卯

三月初三

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake vehicles and toolsFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryRelocateMove into a homeOpen for business

Avoid

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

Receive livestockHaircutPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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