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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 1961

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 111Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 12, 1961

Lunar 一九六〇年 · 冬月廿六

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

    Thu

    1961-01-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1961-01-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1961-01-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1961-02-04

    In 23 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己丑

冬月廿六

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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