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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 1978

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 111Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 14, 1978

Lunar 一九七七年 · 腊月初六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    1978-01-06

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1978-01-14

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1978-01-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1978-02-04

    In 21 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初六

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingSet a bedInstall machineryMake vehicles and toolsFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Build a stoveDig a wellMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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