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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 1945

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 21Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 18, 1945

Lunar 一九四五年 · 三月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    1945-04-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1945-04-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1945-04-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1945-05-06

    In 18 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚辰

三月初七

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactLift misfortunePlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Tend a graveBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveTravelBurialBuild a houseMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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