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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 2017

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 226Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 331Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness4Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 三月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    2017-04-04

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2017-04-12

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2017-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2017-05-05

    In 23 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十六

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateMove the hearthRelocateMove into a homeRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalTravelTend a graveBurialOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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