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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 1980

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 230Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 3, 1980

Lunar 一九八〇年 · 二月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1980-03-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1980-04-03

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1980-04-04

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1980-04-20

    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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己卯

二月十八

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyInstall machineryReceive wealthTradeExecute an agreementAcquire property

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a houseTreat illnessBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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