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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 1969

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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

Monday, January 27, 1969

Lunar 一九六八年 · 腊月初十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1969-01-20

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1969-01-27

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1969-02-04

    In 8 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    1969-02-19

    In 23 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

乙丑

腊月初十

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleConstructionWelcome a household memberMove into a homeRelocateSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringOpen for businessFormal betrothalMake a pactReceive livestockThanksgiving riteTravelVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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