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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 1959

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1220Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold21Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 8, 1959

Lunar 一九五八年 · 冬月廿九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Tue

    1959-01-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1959-01-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1959-01-21

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1959-02-04

    In 27 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙丑

冬月廿九

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingSculpture and paintingConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthLay foundations

Avoid

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

Move into a homeInstall doorsMake an offeringThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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