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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
Fri
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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

Saturday, January 19, 1974

Lunar 一九七三年 · 腊月廿七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1974-01-06

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1974-01-19

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1974-01-20

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1974-02-04

    In 16 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

腊月廿七

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringPray for childrenMove the hearthSculpture and paintingCut garmentsVisit friends and familyBegin studyDismantle

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageBuild a templeSet a bedThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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