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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 1971

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 328Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 331Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 320Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain21Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 29, 1971

Lunar 一九七一年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    1971-04-21

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1971-04-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1971-05-06

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1971-05-22

    In 23 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬辰

四月初五

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteOpen for businessTradeInstall machineryCarvingConsecrate

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundOpen a storehouseDispatch goods

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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