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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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TODAY
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Thu
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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

Tuesday, January 8, 1974

Lunar 一九七三年 · 腊月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1974-01-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1974-01-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1974-01-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1974-02-04

    In 27 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十六

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingMend wallsSeal openingsPest controlLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Build a templeMove into a homeConstructionBurialFuneral processionMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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