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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.

January 1909

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Lunar month 1227Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1220Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold21Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 3, 1909

Lunar 一九〇八年 · 腊月十二

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. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1908-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1909-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1909-01-06

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1909-01-21

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲子

腊月十二

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingComing-of-age riteMend wallsSeal openingsCut garmentsConstructionBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openingsInstall millstonesBuild a dike

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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