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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 1921

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1126Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 2, 1921

Lunar 一九二〇年 · 冬月廿四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Wed

    1920-12-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1921-01-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1921-01-06

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1921-01-20

    In 18 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊子

冬月廿四

Day cycle

乙丑

海中金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersBuild a templeSet an altarMove the hearthTravel

Avoid

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

Purification riteTimber workBuild roof beamsBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己未)羊 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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