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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 1966

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Lunar month 327Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 331Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 321Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 322Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 323Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 324Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 325Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 326Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 327Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 328Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 329Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 330Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 31Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 32Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 33Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 34Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 35Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 37Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 29, 1966

Lunar 一九六六年 · 闰三月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1966-04-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1966-04-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1966-05-06

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1966-05-21

    In 22 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬辰

闰三月初九

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelTradeSeal openingsMarriageHaircutOpen for businessSet a bed

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove the hearthAcquire propertyBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConstructionRaise a roof beamMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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