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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 1977

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1126Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 17, 1977

Lunar 一九七六年 · 冬月廿八

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. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1977-01-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1977-01-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1977-01-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1977-02-04

    In 18 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛丑

冬月廿八

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrateEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressFuneral preparationBuild a stoveMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseBuild a houseBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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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