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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 1969

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 16, 1969

Lunar 一九六八年 · 冬月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1969-01-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1969-01-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1969-01-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1969-02-04

    In 19 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙丑

冬月廿八

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelHaircutSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Dig a wellOffer prayersThanksgiving riteBreak groundMove into a homeRaise a roof beamConstructionBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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