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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 1946

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Lunar month 1130Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 2, 1946

Lunar 一九四五年 · 冬月廿九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Sat

    1945-12-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1946-01-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1946-01-06

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1946-01-20

    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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊子

冬月廿九

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsBuild a stoveMove the hearthSet an altarBreak groundMarriageDig a wellClean the home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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