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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 30, 1979

Lunar 一九七九年 · 正月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1979-01-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1979-01-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1979-02-04

    In 5 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1979-02-19

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙丑

正月初三

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveErect a memorialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveFormal betrothalMake a pact

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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