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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 2004

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Leap lunar month 228Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 229Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 230Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 231Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 21Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 22Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 23Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 25Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 26Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 27Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 28Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 29Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 210Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 211Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 212Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 213Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 214Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 215Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 216Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 217Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 218Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 20, 2004

Lunar 二〇〇四年 · 三月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    2004-04-04

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2004-04-20

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    2004-05-05

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2004-05-21

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 谷雨

Year cycle

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊辰

三月初二

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateMove the hearthRelocateMove into a homeRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalTravelTend a graveBurialOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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