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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 1919

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TODAY
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Thu
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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

Wednesday, January 8, 1919

Lunar 一九一八年 · 腊月初七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    1919-01-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1919-01-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1919-01-21

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1919-02-05

    In 28 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月初七

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringPray for childrenMove the hearthSculpture and paintingCut garmentsVisit friends and familyBegin studyDismantle

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageBuild a templeSet a bedThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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