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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 1960

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Lunar month 327Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 30, 1960

Lunar 一九六〇年 · 四月初五

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

    Wed

    1960-04-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1960-04-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1960-05-05

    In 5 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1960-05-21

    In 21 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚辰

四月初五

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garmentsInstall machineryDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBurialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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