Travel
Check detailsNo direct Favorable or Caution action match for trips, errands, commuting shifts, or movement-heavy plans. Check the detailed terms, Horse clash, and South caution direction before treating it as a clear green light.
2026-04-20 · Mon
Lunar year 2026, month 3, day 4 · Jia Zi Rat day
Month 3, day 4
Jia Zi Rat
Horse
Bing Wu Horse
Horse
South
Grain Rain solar term
2026-04-20 is Lunar year 2026, month 3, day 4, carried by a Jia Zi Rat day pillar and a Wood day element. Read the favorable list as the day's supported activity lane, especially around business, contracts, money movement, or commitments. Read the caution list as a slower lane around relationships, family plans, or formal agreements. The Horse clash and South Sha direction add traditional context for who or what may need a more deliberate approach.
Is this date useful for common plans?
These are plain-English scans of the selected day's Favorable actions, Caution actions, Clash animal, and Caution direction.
Moving
Home setup, cleaning, or living-space routines appear in Caution actions. For moving home, rearranging space, or setting up a living routine, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.
Wedding
Relationships, family plans, or formal agreements appear in Caution actions. For marriage plans, formal relationship steps, or family-facing commitments, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.
Business
Business, contracts, money movement, or commitments appear in Caution actions. For business openings, hiring, cash movement, property, or commercial decisions, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.
Renovation
Repairs, renovation, or structural decisions appear in Caution actions. For repair, construction, ground work, demolition, or structural home changes, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.
Signing
Relationships, family plans, or formal agreements appear in Caution actions. For contracts, agreements, negotiation, or formal promises, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.
This scan summarizes common planning categories for the selected date. Always read it together with the detailed Favorable and Caution lists.
Favorable actions
The selected almanac source marks these activities as better supported for this date.
- Open business
- Trade or exchange
- Sign contracts
- Hang a plaque
- Ancestral or ritual offerings
- Consecrate or open light
- Pray for blessings
- Pray for children
- Set or move a bed
- Remove constraints
- Renovate or build
- Burial
Source terms and meanings
- Open business · 开市Exchange and commitment: traditionally related to business opening, contracts, hiring, property, or money movement.
- Trade or exchange · 交易Exchange and commitment: traditionally related to business opening, contracts, hiring, property, or money movement.
- Sign contracts · 立券Exchange and commitment: traditionally related to business opening, contracts, hiring, property, or money movement.
- Hang a plaque · 挂匾A traditional Huang Li item preserved from the selected record; MingSez keeps the source term visible when a narrower meaning is not yet validated.
- Ancestral or ritual offerings · 祭祀Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
- Consecrate or open light · 开光Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
- Pray for blessings · 祈福Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
- Pray for children · 求嗣Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
- Set or move a bed · 安床Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.
- Remove constraints · 解除Personal care or treatment: traditionally read around cleansing, body care, medical attention, or release work.
- Renovate or build · 修造Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
- Burial · 安葬Ancestral or funerary rite: a traditional ritual category, not a general everyday recommendation.
The clash animal is Horse. In traditional almanac reading, people whose zodiac is Horse may use this as a reminder to slow down around high-stakes plans, formal commitments, or conflict-prone conversations. It is a symbolic caution cue, not a prediction of harm.
South is the day's caution direction. Traditionally, Sha direction is treated as a direction to handle with extra care for major starts, movement, renovation, or ceremonial activity. For everyday use, read it as a planning note, not as a rule that ordinary life must stop.
More date details
Bing Wu Horse
Jia Zi Rat
Wood
Horse
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