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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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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 12, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 三月初四

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. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1948-04-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1948-04-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1948-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1948-05-05

    In 23 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初四

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelConstructionBreak groundSet the marriage bedBuild animal sheltersSet a bedRelocateFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild a stoveHaircutConsecrateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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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