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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 1948

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 228Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 5, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 二月廿六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    1948-03-21

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1948-04-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1948-04-20

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1948-05-05

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 清明

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙辰

二月廿六

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingMake an offeringLift misfortuneBurialBreak ground for burialThanksgiving riteMove a coffinAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteConsecrateMarriageMove into a homeRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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