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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 1954

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Lunar month 228Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 2, 1954

Lunar 一九五四年 · 二月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    1954-03-21

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1954-04-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1954-04-05

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1954-04-20

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁卯

二月廿九

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

HaircutComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyTimber workReceive livestockBuild animal sheltersBurialBreak ground for burialBuild roof beamsBuild a stovePrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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