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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 1981

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 28, 1981

Lunar 一九八〇年 · 腊月廿三

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. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1981-01-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1981-01-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1981-02-04

    In 7 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    1981-02-19

    In 22 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己丑

腊月廿三

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingHaircutGroom nailsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageRaise a roof beamOpen for businessPurification riteBuild a houseInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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