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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 1957

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TODAY
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Lunar month 331Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 4, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 三月初五

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. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1957-03-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1957-04-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1957-04-05

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1957-04-20

    In 16 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸卯

三月初五

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyInstall machineryReceive wealthTradeExecute an agreementAcquire property

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a houseTreat illnessBuild a stove

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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