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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 1930

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Lunar month 1129Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1220Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold21Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 130Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 131Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 16, 1930

Lunar 一九二九年 · 腊月十七

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. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1930-01-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1930-01-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1930-01-21

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1930-02-04

    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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月十七

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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