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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 1956

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 21Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 9, 1956

Lunar 一九五六年 · 二月廿九

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. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1956-04-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1956-04-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1956-04-20

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1956-05-05

    In 26 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬辰

二月廿九

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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