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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

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TODAY
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Thu
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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

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 三月廿七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2017-04-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2017-04-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2017-05-05

    In 12 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2017-05-21

    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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲辰

三月廿七

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneTrain livestockTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionConsecrateBuild roof beamsBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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