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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 1966

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Lunar month 1226Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 17, 1966

Lunar 一九六五年 · 腊月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1966-01-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1966-01-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1966-01-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1966-02-04

    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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己丑

腊月廿六

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingSet a bedInstall machineryMake vehicles and toolsFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Build a stoveDig a wellMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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