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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 1953

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1128Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 29, 1953

Lunar 一九五二年 · 腊月十五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1953-01-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1953-01-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1953-02-04

    In 6 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    1953-02-19

    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

癸丑

腊月十五

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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