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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 1945

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1131Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 18, 1945

Lunar 一九四四年 · 腊月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1945-01-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1945-01-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1945-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1945-02-04

    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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初五

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestockBuild animal sheltersMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedConsecrate

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingBurialHaircutBuild a templeBuild a stoveFuneral preparationFuneral processionBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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