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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 1996

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 231Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 216Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 217Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 13, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 二月廿六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    1996-04-04

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1996-04-13

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1996-04-20

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1996-05-05

    In 22 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬辰

二月廿六

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneTrain livestockTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionConsecrateBuild roof beamsBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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