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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 1987

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Lunar month 1128Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 27, 1987

Lunar 一九八六年 · 腊月廿八

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

    1987-01-20

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1987-01-27

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1987-02-04

    In 8 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    1987-02-19

    In 23 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月廿八

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingSet a bedInstall machineryMake vehicles and toolsFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Build a stoveDig a wellMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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