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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 1940

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Lunar month 231Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 2, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 二月廿五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1940-03-21

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1940-04-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1940-04-05

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1940-04-20

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己卯

二月廿五

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateSculpture and paintingFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleSet a bedLay foundationsBreak groundRaise pillars

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingTimber workBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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.

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