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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 1979

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 31Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 320Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain21Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 5, 1979

Lunar 一九七九年 · 三月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1979-03-21

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1979-04-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1979-04-21

    In 16 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1979-05-06

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 清明

Year cycle

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊辰

三月初九

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleWelcome a household memberOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboard

Avoid

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

Offer prayersFuneral preparationMake an offeringBuild a stoveBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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