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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 1941

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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

Saturday, January 18, 1941

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 腊月廿一

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. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1941-01-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1941-01-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1941-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1941-02-04

    In 17 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己丑

腊月廿一

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMake an offeringRaise a roof beamTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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