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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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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

Friday, April 20, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 三月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    2018-04-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2018-04-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2018-05-05

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2018-05-21

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 谷雨

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初五

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Pray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberSet a bedOpen for business

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burialThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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