DestiniDaily Insight

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 1950

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 226Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 14, 1950

Lunar 一九五〇年 · 二月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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

    Wed

    1950-04-05

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1950-04-14

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1950-04-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1950-05-06

    In 22 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚辰

二月廿八

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteComing-of-age riteBuild a stoveReceive wealthTrade

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageDig a wellBurialInstall doorsVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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.

BACK TO HOME