The Chinese
daily almanac.
Explore traditional calendar meanings, feng shui,
and the Five Phases—in clear English.
Not a fixed destiny.
A different way to see the possibilities.
A little more possibility.
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Feng shui
Start exploring feng shui with bedroom layouts, answers for rentals and shared homes, and a gentle fresh-start exercise. Sources and methods stay visible.
Explore the topic →Five Elements & symbols
Learn Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water, then distinguish Wuxing from yin and yang and the eight trigrams. Follow clear English guides with sources.
Explore the topic →Chinese almanac
Understand Chinese almanac labels, Yi and Ji, lunar dates, time zones and the 24 solar terms. Open today’s entry or follow a dated example.
Explore the topic →What is a Chinese almanac?
A Chinese daily almanac puts calendar fields beside traditional activity labels: 宜 (Yi), traditionally favored, and 忌 (Ji), traditionally avoided. YUAN keeps the source wording, English explanations and calculation method visible.
“Today” follows Asia/Shanghai, UTC+8. These are source-based calendar categories, rather than personal forecasts. Learn to read the fields →
THE DAILY ALMANAC · 黄历
A day to notice.
A choice of your own.
Explore a date in the Chinese calendar. Traditional timing, with room for real life.
Dates from 1901 to 2099. Today follows the Beijing date (UTC+8).
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宜 · Traditionally favored
忌 · Traditionally avoided
Full source record & translation notes
Every label in the current 142-term source vocabulary has an English name and explanation. The selected date's original Chinese terms and order are preserved below. Notes identify readings that vary by edition.
宜 · Source favored entries
忌 · Source avoided entries
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These are historical date-selection categories, not instructions, predictions or safety advice. Your circumstances come first.
“Today” uses Asia/Shanghai (UTC+8). Dates are not converted to your local midnight.
Source: lunar-javascript 1.7.7 · almanac sect 1.
FIVE PHASES · 五行
Different energies.
One connected world.
Five symbols. Five invitations to reflect.
Choose one and see where it takes you.
A MOMENT FOR GROWTH
Every beginning starts small.
Give a new idea a little room. You do not need to have the whole path figured out before you take the first step.
A QUESTION TO TAKE WITH YOU
What is one small thing you could begin today?
THE JOURNAL
A little wisdom.
For everyday life.
YOUR COMPANION, NOT YOUR ORACLE
A guide to questions.
Not all the answers.
YUAN is a place for curiosity, symbolism, and a little quiet reflection. Our original virtual guide invites you to explore ideas — and leave with your own perspective.
Culture, not certainty. Possibility, not promises.
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