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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 1909

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Leap lunar month 228Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 229Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 230Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 231Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 21Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 22Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 23Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 24Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 26Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 27Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 28Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 29Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 210Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 211Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 212Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 213Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 214Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 215Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 216Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 217Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 218Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 219Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 320Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain21Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 35Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 24, 1909

Lunar 一九〇九年 · 三月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1909-04-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1909-04-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1909-05-06

    In 12 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1909-05-22

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊辰

三月初五

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneDismantleMove the hearthOpen for businessExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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