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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 2027

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Lunar month 228Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 17, 2027

Lunar 二〇二七年 · 三月十一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Mon

    2027-04-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2027-04-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    2027-04-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2027-05-06

    In 19 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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十一

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set an altarMove the hearthFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardConsecrate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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