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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 1928

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Lunar month 121Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1220Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold21Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring5Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 27, 1928

Lunar 一九二八年 · 正月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1928-01-21

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1928-01-27

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1928-02-05

    In 9 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1928-02-20

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸丑

正月初五

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMake an offeringRaise a roof beamTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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