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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 1958

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 16, 1958

Lunar 一九五七年 · 冬月廿七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    1958-01-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1958-01-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1958-01-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1958-02-04

    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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸丑

冬月廿七

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringConsecrateTimber workMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocateConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Open for businessFuneral processionPlantingTravelDispatch goodsBurialAcquire propertyLitigationTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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