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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

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 三月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    2013-04-04

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2013-04-18

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    2013-04-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2013-05-05

    In 17 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初九

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneDismantleMove the hearthOpen for businessExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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