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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 1981

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 229Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 21, 1981

Lunar 一九八一年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1981-04-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1981-04-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1981-05-05

    In 14 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1981-05-21

    In 30 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十七

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateMove the hearthRelocateMove into a homeRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalTravelTend a graveBurialOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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