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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

Tuesday, January 31, 1928

Lunar 一九二八年 · 正月初九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1928-01-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1928-02-05

    In 5 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1928-02-20

    In 20 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

正月初九

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalBathingConstructionBreak groundOffer prayersPurification rite

Avoid

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

Build a houseOpen for businessBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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