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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 1960

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1127Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1220Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold21Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring5Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 18, 1960

Lunar 一九五九年 · 腊月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Wed

    1960-01-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1960-01-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1960-01-21

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1960-02-05

    In 18 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月二十

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringInstall machineryRelocateMove into a homeBuild a houseSet a bed

Avoid

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

Open for businessTravelBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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