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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 1961

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Lunar month 226Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 3, 1961

Lunar 一九六一年 · 二月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Tue

    1961-03-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1961-04-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1961-04-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1961-04-20

    In 17 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛卯

二月十八

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundSet a bedFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Build a stoveConsecrateMarriageOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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