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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 1940

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1131Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1220Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold21Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring5Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 18, 1940

Lunar 一九三九年 · 腊月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1940-01-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1940-01-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1940-01-21

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1940-02-05

    In 18 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初十

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringPray for childrenMove the hearthSculpture and paintingCut garmentsVisit friends and familyBegin studyDismantle

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageBuild a templeSet a bedThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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