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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 1948

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1220Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold21Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring5Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 21, 1948

Lunar 一九四七年 · 腊月十一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Tue

    1948-01-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1948-01-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1948-02-05

    In 15 days

  4. Rain Water

    Fri

    1948-02-20

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 大寒

Year cycle

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月十一

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringInstall machineryRelocateMove into a homeBuild a houseSet a bed

Avoid

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

Open for businessTravelBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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