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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 1962

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1131Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 4, 1962

Lunar 一九六一年 · 冬月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1961-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1962-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1962-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1962-01-20

    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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿八

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessExecute an agreementConsecrateLift misfortuneInstall machineryRaise a roof beamTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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