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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 1933

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Lunar month 121Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 3, 1933

Lunar 一九三二年 · 腊月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Thu

    1932-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1933-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1933-01-06

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1933-01-20

    In 17 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬子

腊月初八

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyTimber workBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Prepare a burial plotBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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