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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 2013

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Lunar month 231Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness4Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 二月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    2013-03-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2013-04-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    2013-04-04

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2013-04-20

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙卯

二月廿二

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalTradeExecute an agreementSet a bedInstall machineryBurialMove a coffinBreak groundBreak ground for burialErect a memorial

Avoid

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

MarriageConsecrateBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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