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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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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Saturday, April 24, 2004

Lunar 二〇〇四年 · 三月初六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    Tue

    2004-04-20

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2004-04-24

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    2004-05-05

    In 11 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2004-05-21

    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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊辰

三月初六

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteTravelLay foundationsBuild a houseLay foundation stonesInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessReceive wealthMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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