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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 1956

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Lunar month 111Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1220Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold21Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring5Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 20, 1956

Lunar 一九五五年 · 腊月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1956-01-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1956-01-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1956-01-21

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1956-02-05

    In 16 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己丑

腊月初八

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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