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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 1943

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Lunar month 1127Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1220Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold21Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring5Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 6, 1943

Lunar 一九四二年 · 腊月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Tue

    1942-12-22

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1943-01-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1943-01-21

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1943-02-05

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小寒

Year cycle

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初一

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingOffer prayersPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleLay foundationsRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseMarriageRelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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