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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Wednesday, April 30, 1980

Lunar 一九八〇年 · 三月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1980-04-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1980-04-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1980-05-05

    In 5 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1980-05-21

    In 21 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十六

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteTravelLay foundationsBuild a houseLay foundation stonesInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessReceive wealthMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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