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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 1931

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Lunar month 229Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness6Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 216Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 217Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 320Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain21Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 18, 1931

Lunar 一九三一年 · 三月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    1931-04-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1931-04-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1931-04-21

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1931-05-06

    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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

壬辰

三月初一

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteSet a bedEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBuild a stoveTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

LitigationConsecrateOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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