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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 1942

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1220Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold21Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 20, 1942

Lunar 一九四一年 · 腊月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Tue

    1942-01-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1942-01-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1942-01-21

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1942-02-04

    In 15 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月初四

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialErect a memorialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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