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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 1975

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1129Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1220Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold21Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 20, 1975

Lunar 一九七四年 · 腊月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Mon

    1975-01-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1975-01-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1975-01-21

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1975-02-04

    In 15 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初九

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMake an offeringRaise a roof beamTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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