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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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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

Friday, April 28, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 四月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    2017-04-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2017-04-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2017-05-05

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2017-05-21

    In 23 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

四月初三

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersConsecratePray for childrenPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactSeek medical careTreat illnessLay foundations

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundDig a wellDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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