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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 1932

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TODAY
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Thu
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Sat
Lunar month 1127Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1220Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold21Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring5Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 16, 1932

Lunar 一九三一年 · 腊月初九

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. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1932-01-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1932-01-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1932-01-21

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1932-02-05

    In 20 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月初九

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingSet a bedInstall machineryMake vehicles and toolsFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Build a stoveDig a wellMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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