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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 1955

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Lunar month 1226Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1220Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold21Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 3, 1955

Lunar 一九五四年 · 腊月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    1954-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1955-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1955-01-06

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1955-01-21

    In 18 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙子

腊月初十

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeWelcome a household memberMake an offeringBathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBurialThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Purification riteMove into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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