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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Sunday, April 30, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 三月十一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1939-04-21

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1939-04-30

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1939-05-06

    In 6 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1939-05-22

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十一

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelRelocateSeek medical care

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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