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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 1947

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Lunar month 1229Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1220Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold21Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 17, 1947

Lunar 一九四六年 · 腊月廿六

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

    1947-01-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1947-01-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1947-01-21

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1947-02-04

    In 18 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月廿六

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthReceive wealthOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBuild a templeMake an offeringSet a bedThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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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