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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 1959

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TODAY
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Lunar month 229Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 320Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain21Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 29, 1959

Lunar 一九五九年 · 三月廿二

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. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1959-04-21

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1959-04-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1959-05-06

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1959-05-22

    In 23 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿二

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingPurification riteLift misfortuneSeek medical careTreat illnessVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersPlantingHaircutClean the home

Avoid

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

Open for businessMarriageRelocateMove into a homeDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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