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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 1942

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Lunar month 229Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain21Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 23, 1942

Lunar 一九四二年 · 三月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1942-04-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1942-04-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1942-05-06

    In 13 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1942-05-22

    In 29 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲辰

三月初九

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageConsecrateTravelHaircutVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedPlantingAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Thanksgiving riteOffer prayersRaise a roof beamBuild a stovePurification riteConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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