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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 1984

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Lunar month 31Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 5, 1984

Lunar 一九八四年 · 三月初五

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. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    1984-03-20

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1984-04-05

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1984-04-20

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1984-05-05

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

清明 → 谷雨

Year cycle

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊辰

三月初五

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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