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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 2018

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 21Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 214Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 215Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 二月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    2018-03-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2018-04-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    2018-04-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2018-04-20

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙卯

二月十六

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateSculpture and paintingMake a pactFormal betrothalSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteDismantleBreak groundLay foundations

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageTimber workBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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