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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 1968

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1231Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1220Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold21Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring5Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 30, 1968

Lunar 一九六八年 · 正月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    1968-01-21

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1968-01-30

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1968-02-05

    In 6 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1968-02-19

    In 20 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸丑

正月初一

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyBegin study

Avoid

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

MarriageSet the marriage bedMove into a homeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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