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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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Wed
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

Wednesday, April 30, 1952

Lunar 一九五二年 · 四月初七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1952-04-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1952-04-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1952-05-05

    In 5 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1952-05-21

    In 21 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

四月初七

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageConsecrateTravelHaircutVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedPlantingAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Thanksgiving riteOffer prayersRaise a roof beamBuild a stovePurification riteConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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