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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 1937

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Lunar month 228Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 13, 1937

Lunar 一九三七年 · 三月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Mon

    1937-04-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1937-04-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1937-04-20

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1937-05-06

    In 23 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲辰

三月初三

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateFormal betrothalMarriageOpen for businessTravelVisit friends and familySet a bedMake nets

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove into a homeBuild a houseBreak groundBreak ground for burialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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