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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 1917

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Lunar month 1231Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 3, 1917

Lunar 一九一六年 · 腊月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Fri

    1916-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1917-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1917-01-06

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1917-01-20

    In 17 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚子

腊月初十

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConstructionBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Open for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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