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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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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

Monday, January 17, 1949

Lunar 一九四八年 · 腊月十九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1949-01-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1949-01-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1949-02-04

    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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十九

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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