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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 1963

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1230Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1220Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold21Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 11, 1963

Lunar 一九六二年 · 腊月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Sun

    1963-01-06

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1963-01-11

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1963-01-21

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1963-02-04

    In 24 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月十六

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactRelocateReceive wealthOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementMove into a homeVisit friends and familyLift misfortune

Avoid

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

Visit the sickMake an offeringTravelRaise a roof beamBuild a houseThanksgiving riteBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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