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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 1985

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 21, 1985

Lunar 一九八四年 · 腊月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Sat

    1985-01-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1985-01-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1985-02-04

    In 14 days

  4. Rain Water

    Tue

    1985-02-19

    In 29 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初一

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringPray for childrenMove the hearthSculpture and paintingCut garmentsVisit friends and familyBegin studyDismantle

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageBuild a templeSet a bedThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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