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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 1929

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1130Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 1, 1929

Lunar 一九二八年 · 冬月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1928-12-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1929-01-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1929-01-06

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1929-01-20

    In 19 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲子

冬月廿一

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Treat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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