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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 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

Friday, January 28, 1966

Lunar 一九六六年 · 正月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1966-01-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1966-01-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1966-02-04

    In 7 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sat

    1966-02-19

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己丑

正月初八

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestockBuild animal sheltersMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedConsecrate

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingBurialHaircutBuild a templeBuild a stoveFuneral preparationFuneral processionBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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