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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 1958

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Lunar month 230Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 218Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 4, 1958

Lunar 一九五八年 · 二月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    1958-03-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1958-04-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    1958-04-05

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1958-04-20

    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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙卯

二月十六

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecratePray for childrenTravelFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteMove the hearthDismantleLay foundationsConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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