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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 1949

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 227Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 10, 1949

Lunar 一九四九年 · 三月十三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1949-04-05

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1949-04-10

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1949-04-20

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1949-05-06

    In 26 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十三

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateFormal betrothalMarriageOpen for businessTravelVisit friends and familySet a bedMake nets

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove into a homeBuild a houseBreak groundBreak ground for burialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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