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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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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2008-04-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2008-04-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2008-05-05

    In 12 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2008-05-21

    In 28 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十八

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak groundRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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