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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 1914

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Lunar month 329Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 331Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 320Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain21Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 18, 1914

Lunar 一九一四年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1914-04-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1914-04-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1914-04-21

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1914-05-06

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

清明 → 谷雨

Year cycle

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿三

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneSeek medical careTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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