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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

Thursday, April 24, 2003

Lunar 二〇〇三年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2003-04-20

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2003-04-24

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2003-05-06

    In 12 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2003-05-21

    In 27 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙辰

三月廿三

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelConstructionBreak groundSet the marriage bedBuild animal sheltersSet a bedRelocateFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild a stoveHaircutConsecrateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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