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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Monday, January 31, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 正月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    1938-01-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1938-01-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1938-02-04

    In 4 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sat

    1938-02-19

    In 19 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸丑

正月初一

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateBathingComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild a stoveRelease waterBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageFuneral preparationBurialTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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