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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

Friday, January 31, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 正月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1936-01-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1936-01-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1936-02-05

    In 5 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    1936-02-20

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己丑

正月初八

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthSet a bedCut garmentsBuild animal sheltersBurialThanksgiving riteTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageOpen for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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