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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 1937

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Lunar month 1127Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 4, 1937

Lunar 一九三六年 · 冬月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Tue

    1936-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1937-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1937-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1937-01-20

    In 16 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿二

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burialInstall doorsRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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