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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

Wednesday, January 20, 1909

Lunar 一九〇八年 · 腊月廿九

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. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1909-01-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1909-01-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1909-01-21

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1909-02-04

    In 15 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小寒 → 大寒

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月廿九

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

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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