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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

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

April 1920

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Lunar month 228Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 29, 1920

Lunar 一九二〇年 · 三月十一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1920-04-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1920-04-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1920-05-06

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1920-05-21

    In 22 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十一

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactLift misfortunePlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Tend a graveBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveTravelBurialBuild a houseMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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