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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 1962

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 21Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 22, 1962

Lunar 一九六二年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1962-04-20

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1962-04-22

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1962-05-06

    In 14 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1962-05-21

    In 29 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十八

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMarriageWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyTradeExecute an agreementBreak groundEnd mourning dressThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Funeral preparationBurialMove into a homeSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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