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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 1983

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1126Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 18, 1983

Lunar 一九八二年 · 腊月初五

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

    Thu

    1983-01-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1983-01-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1983-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1983-02-04

    In 17 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初五

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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