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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 1939

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 226Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness6Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 216Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 217Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 218Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 219Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 320Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain21Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 17, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 二月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    1939-04-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1939-04-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1939-04-21

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1939-05-06

    In 19 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊辰

二月廿八

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteOpen for businessTradeInstall machineryCarvingConsecrate

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundOpen a storehouseDispatch goods

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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