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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 1984

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 111Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1220Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold21Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 9, 1984

Lunar 一九八三年 · 腊月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1984-01-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1984-01-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1984-01-21

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1984-02-04

    In 26 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月初七

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleConstructionWelcome a household memberMove into a homeRelocateSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringOpen for businessFormal betrothalMake a pactReceive livestockThanksgiving riteTravelVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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