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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 1936

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Lunar month 1229Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1220Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold21Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring5Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 2, 1936

Lunar 一九三五年 · 腊月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Mon

    1935-12-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1936-01-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1936-01-06

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1936-01-21

    In 19 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

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊子

腊月初八

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Coming-of-age riteReceive wealthDig a wellDig a pondMove the hearthSet a bedTradeExecute an agreementHuntingMake nets

Avoid

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

Install doorsBreak groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurialPut on mourning dress

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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