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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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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

Wednesday, April 19, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 三月十四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    1989-04-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1989-04-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1989-04-20

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1989-05-05

    In 16 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十四

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeSet a bedConstruction

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialReceive wealthDig a wellHang a signboardOpen for businessTimber workTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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