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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 1926

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1127Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1220Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold21Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 16, 1926

Lunar 一九二五年 · 腊月初三

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. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1926-01-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1926-01-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1926-01-21

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1926-02-04

    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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己丑

腊月初三

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringInstall machineryRelocateMove into a homeBuild a houseSet a bed

Avoid

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

Open for businessTravelBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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