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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 1920

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold21Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring5Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 17, 1920

Lunar 一九一九年 · 冬月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    1920-01-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1920-01-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1920-01-21

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1920-02-05

    In 19 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丁丑

冬月廿七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrateEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressFuneral preparationBuild a stoveMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseBuild a houseBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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