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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 1955

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TODAY
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Lunar month 327Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 331Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 320Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain21Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 322Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 323Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 324Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 325Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 326Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 327Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 328Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 329Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 330Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 31Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 32Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 33Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 34Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 35Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 37Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 27, 1955

Lunar 一九五五年 · 闰三月初六

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. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1955-04-21

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1955-04-27

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1955-05-06

    In 9 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1955-05-22

    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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚辰

闰三月初六

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelTradeSeal openingsMarriageHaircutOpen for businessSet a bed

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove the hearthAcquire propertyBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConstructionRaise a roof beamMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

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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