DestiniDaily Insight

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 1938

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 227Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 320Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain21Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 19, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 三月十九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1938-04-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1938-04-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1938-04-21

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1938-05-06

    In 17 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十九

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingPurification riteLift misfortuneSeek medical careTreat illnessVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersPlantingHaircutClean the home

Avoid

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

Open for businessMarriageRelocateMove into a homeDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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.

BACK TO HOME