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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 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

Sunday, April 18, 1954

Lunar 一九五四年 · 三月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Mon

    1954-04-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1954-04-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1954-04-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1954-05-06

    In 18 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十六

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelRepair wallsBuild animal sheltersTrain livestockAvoid 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

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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