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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 1953

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Lunar month 229Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 30, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    1953-04-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1953-04-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1953-05-06

    In 6 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1953-05-21

    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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十七

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

Favourable

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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