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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 1952

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Lunar month 1230Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1220Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold21Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring5Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 30, 1952

Lunar 一九五二年 · 正月初四

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. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1952-01-21

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1952-01-30

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1952-02-05

    In 6 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    1952-02-20

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛丑

正月初四

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelBathingCut garmentsOffer prayersPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageInstall machinery

Avoid

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

PlantingFuneral preparationBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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