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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 2008

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Lunar month 230Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 三月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    2008-04-04

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2008-04-10

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2008-04-20

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2008-05-05

    In 25 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初五

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneTrain livestockTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionConsecrateBuild roof beamsBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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