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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 1969

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 230Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 215Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 216Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 24, 1969

Lunar 一九六九年 · 三月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    1969-04-20

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1969-04-24

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1969-05-06

    In 12 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1969-05-21

    In 27 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊辰

三月初八

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateMove the hearthRelocateMove into a homeRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalTravelTend a graveBurialOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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