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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 1985

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TODAY
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Lunar month 231Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 215Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 216Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 217Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 218Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 219Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 14, 1985

Lunar 一九八五年 · 二月廿五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Fri

    1985-04-05

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1985-04-14

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1985-04-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1985-05-05

    In 21 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚辰

二月廿五

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialBreak groundSet a bedTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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