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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 1957

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Lunar month 1130Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 4, 1957

Lunar 一九五六年 · 腊月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Sat

    1956-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1957-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1957-01-05

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1957-01-20

    In 16 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚子

腊月初四

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsBuild a stoveMove the hearthSet an altarBreak groundMarriageDig a wellClean the home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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