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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Monday, April 29, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 三月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1996-04-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1996-04-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1996-05-05

    In 6 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1996-05-21

    In 22 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十二

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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