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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 2005

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TODAY
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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 21, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 三月十三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Tue

    2005-04-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2005-04-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2005-05-05

    In 14 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2005-05-21

    In 30 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十三

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingMake netsFishing

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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