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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

Saturday, April 27, 1985

Lunar 一九八五年 · 三月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1985-04-20

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1985-04-27

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1985-05-05

    In 8 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1985-05-21

    In 24 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚辰

三月初八

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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