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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 1979

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1231Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 16, 1979

Lunar 一九七八年 · 腊月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sat

    1979-01-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1979-01-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1979-01-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1979-02-04

    In 19 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十八

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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