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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

Friday, January 24, 1930

Lunar 一九二九年 · 腊月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    1930-01-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1930-01-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1930-02-04

    In 11 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    1930-02-19

    In 26 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月廿五

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrateEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressFuneral preparationBuild a stoveMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseBuild a houseBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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