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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 1971

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1127Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1220Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold21Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 2, 1971

Lunar 一九七〇年 · 腊月初六

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. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1970-12-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1971-01-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1971-01-06

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1971-01-21

    In 19 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊子

腊月初六

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

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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