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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 1949

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1126Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 16, 1949

Lunar 一九四八年 · 腊月十八

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. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1949-01-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1949-01-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1949-01-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1949-02-04

    In 19 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十八

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingHaircutGroom nailsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageRaise a roof beamOpen for businessPurification riteBuild a houseInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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