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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 1935

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1220Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold21Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring5Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 12, 1935

Lunar 一九三四年 · 腊月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    1935-01-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1935-01-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1935-01-21

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1935-02-05

    In 24 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedCut garmentsTradeExecute an agreementFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyMarriageTravelConsecratePlantingBreak groundBreak ground for burialMove into a homeTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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