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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 1914

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Lunar month 1228Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1220Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold21Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 130Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 131Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 1, 1914

Lunar 一九一三年 · 腊月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    1913-12-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1914-01-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1914-01-06

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1914-01-21

    In 20 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲子

腊月初六

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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