Dao Almanac publishes free tools and reference pages drawn from classical Chinese metaphysics: a BaZi (Four Pillars) calculator, a daily almanac (Tong Shu), a Xiao Liu Ren quick oracle, and zodiac-year articles. Everything on this site is free to use, calculated in your own browser, and requires no account.
The calculators, verses, readings and articles on this site present a traditional symbolic system of Chinese culture. They are offered for cultural interest, self-reflection and entertainment purposes. They are not statements of fact about your future, and we make no claim of occult, supernatural or predictive power.
Nothing on this site constitutes medical, psychological, legal, financial or investment advice, and it must not be used as a substitute for any of those. Decisions about your health belong with you and a qualified clinician; decisions about your money, with you and a licensed adviser.
We take unusual care with the calendrical mathematics (solar terms are computed astronomically; the sexagenary cycle is anchored arithmetically), and the classical texts are translated faithfully. Even so, the site and all its content are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose, or uninterrupted availability. Different almanac traditions genuinely disagree on minor entries; where they do, we follow the sources named on the relevant page.
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The classical verses and systems presented here are part of the public domain of Chinese civilisation. Our English translations, explanatory text, page design and code are © Dao Almanac and may not be republished commercially without permission. The almanac page uses the open-source lunar-javascript library (MIT licence). Quoting brief passages with a link back is welcome.
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