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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 2005

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Lunar month 227Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 7, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 二月廿九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    2005-04-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2005-04-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Wed

    2005-04-20

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2005-05-05

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

清明 → 谷雨

Year cycle

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚辰

二月廿九

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialGroom nailsCaptureHuntingFishing

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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