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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 1951

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Lunar month 1131Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1220Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold21Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 4, 1951

Lunar 一九五〇年 · 冬月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1950-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1951-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1951-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1951-01-21

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊子

冬月廿七

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Pray for childrenPurification riteSculpture and paintingMake a pactFormal betrothalMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak groundBuild a bridge

Avoid

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

Open for businessMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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