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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

Wednesday, April 12, 1961

Lunar 一九六一年 · 二月廿七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1961-04-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1961-04-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1961-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1961-05-06

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

清明 → 谷雨

Year cycle

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬辰

二月廿七

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingMake netsFishing

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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