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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 1938

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1126Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1220Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold21Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 131Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 4, 1938

Lunar 一九三七年 · 腊月初三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Wed

    1937-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1938-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1938-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1938-01-21

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬子

腊月初三

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingPurification riteTravelDismantleLift misfortuneConstructionRelocateBuild a boatFuneral preparationEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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