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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 1919

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 230Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness6Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 320Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain21Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 12, 1919

Lunar 一九一九年 · 三月十二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    1919-04-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1919-04-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1919-04-21

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1919-05-06

    In 24 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十二

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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