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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 1939

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 111Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1220Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold21Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring5Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 14, 1939

Lunar 一九三八年 · 冬月廿四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1939-01-06

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1939-01-14

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1939-01-21

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1939-02-05

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小寒 → 大寒

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙丑

冬月廿四

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringPurification riteBathingSculpture and paintingMove the hearthConsecrateRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageTravelBreak groundBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

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

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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