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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 1950

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Lunar month 111Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 18, 1950

Lunar 一九四九年 · 腊月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    1950-01-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1950-01-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1950-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1950-02-04

    In 17 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初一

Day cycle

癸丑

桑柘木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneTrain livestockVisit friends and familyAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁未)羊 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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