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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 1952

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 330Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 26, 1952

Lunar 一九五二年 · 四月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1952-04-20

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1952-04-26

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1952-05-05

    In 9 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1952-05-21

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲辰

四月初三

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleWelcome a household memberOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboard

Avoid

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

Offer prayersFuneral preparationMake an offeringBuild a stoveBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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