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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 1919

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1220Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold21Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring5Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 6, 1919

Lunar 一九一八年 · 腊月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    1918-12-22

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1919-01-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1919-01-21

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1919-02-05

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小寒

Year cycle

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月初五

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringBathingCut garmentsTravelHaircutRelocateCaptureHuntingRelease water

Avoid

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

Build a houseOpen for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Avoid

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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