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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 1987

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 329Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 331Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 9, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 三月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

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

    Sun

    1987-04-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1987-04-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1987-04-20

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1987-05-06

    In 27 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十二

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garmentsInstall machineryDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBurialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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