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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 1954

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TODAY
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1127Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 16, 1954

Lunar 一九五三年 · 腊月十二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1954-01-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1954-01-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1954-01-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1954-02-04

    In 19 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十二

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Move into a homeSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Avoid

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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