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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 1986

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 230Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 26, 1986

Lunar 一九八六年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1986-04-20

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1986-04-26

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1986-05-06

    In 10 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1986-05-21

    In 25 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十八

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

None

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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