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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 1951

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Lunar month 21Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 320Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain21Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 12, 1951

Lunar 一九五一年 · 三月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Thu

    1951-04-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1951-04-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1951-04-21

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1951-05-06

    In 24 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬辰

三月初七

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Pray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberSet a bedOpen for business

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burialThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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