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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
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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

Tuesday, April 28, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1987-04-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1987-04-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1987-05-06

    In 8 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1987-05-21

    In 23 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲辰

四月初一

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLevel roadsLift misfortuneRepair wallsAvoid other undertakings

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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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