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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 1918

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1220Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold21Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 28, 1918

Lunar 一九一七年 · 腊月十六

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. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1918-01-21

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1918-01-28

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1918-02-04

    In 7 days

  4. Rain Water

    Tue

    1918-02-19

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月十六

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelBathingCut garmentsOffer prayersPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageInstall machinery

Avoid

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

PlantingFuneral preparationBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

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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