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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 1936

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Lunar month 329Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 321Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 322Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 323Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 324Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 325Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 326Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 327Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 328Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 329Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 330Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 31Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 32Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 33Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 34Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 35Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 37Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 38Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 39Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 3, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 三月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1936-03-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1936-04-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1936-04-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1936-04-20

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛卯

三月十二

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyExecute an agreementTradeCut garmentsSet the marriage bedMarriageComing-of-age riteWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

PlantingBreak groundBurialDig a wellTend a graveVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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