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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

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 三月廿二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    2008-04-20

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2008-04-27

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2008-05-05

    In 8 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2008-05-21

    In 24 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

三月廿二

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelRelocateSeek medical care

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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