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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 1973

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1131Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 6, 1973

Lunar 一九七二年 · 腊月初三

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. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1972-12-22

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1973-01-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1973-01-20

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1973-02-04

    In 29 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初三

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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