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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 2117

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Lunar month 228Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 5, 2117

Lunar 二一一七年 · 三月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    2117-03-21

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2117-04-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    2117-04-20

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    2117-05-05

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 清明

Year cycle

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲辰

三月初四

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageConsecrateTravelHaircutVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedPlantingAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Thanksgiving riteOffer prayersRaise a roof beamBuild a stovePurification riteConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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