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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 1941

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1229Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 2, 1941

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 腊月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1940-12-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1941-01-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1941-01-06

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1941-01-20

    In 18 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊子

腊月初五

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateOffer prayersLift misfortuneBuild roof beamsBreak groundSet a bedDig a wellPlantingReceive livestock

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelTake officeBuild a houseFuneral preparationMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthWelcome a household memberBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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