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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 1931

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1220Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold21Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring5Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 11, 1931

Lunar 一九三〇年 · 冬月廿三

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

    Tue

    1931-01-06

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1931-01-11

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1931-01-21

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1931-02-05

    In 25 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己丑

冬月廿三

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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