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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 1976

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Lunar month 228Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 29, 1976

Lunar 一九七六年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Tue

    1976-04-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1976-04-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1976-05-05

    In 6 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1976-05-21

    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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬辰

四月初一

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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