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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 1989

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TODAY
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Lunar month 226Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 3, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 二月廿七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1989-03-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1989-04-03

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1989-04-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1989-04-20

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁卯

二月廿七

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Receive wealthOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeConsecrateSet a bedRaise a roof beamBuild a houseConstructionLay foundations

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTake officeTravelMarriageMove into a homeRelocateThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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