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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 1970

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 229Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 16, 1970

Lunar 一九七〇年 · 三月十一

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. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1970-04-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1970-04-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1970-04-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1970-05-06

    In 20 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十一

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set an altarMove the hearthFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardConsecrate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringFuneral preparation

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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