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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 1929

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Lunar month 231Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 2, 1929

Lunar 一九二九年 · 二月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1929-03-21

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1929-04-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1929-04-05

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1929-04-20

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁卯

二月廿三

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake a pactFormal betrothalConstructionBreak groundOffer prayersSculpture and paintingPurification riteBathingDismantle

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialOpen for businessBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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