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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 1974

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Lunar month 1230Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 3, 1974

Lunar 一九七三年 · 腊月十一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    1973-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1974-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1974-01-06

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1974-01-20

    In 17 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲子

腊月十一

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Pray for childrenPurification riteSculpture and paintingMake a pactFormal betrothalMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak groundBuild a bridge

Avoid

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

Open for businessMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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