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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 1970

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 1128Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 4, 1970

Lunar 一九六九年 · 冬月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1969-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1970-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1970-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1970-01-20

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙子

冬月廿七

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactRelocateMove into a homeTravelInstall machineryVisit friends and familyMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification rite

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundSet a bedBuild a bridgeDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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