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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 1988

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1127Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1220Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold21Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 28, 1988

Lunar 一九八七年 · 腊月初十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Thu

    1988-01-21

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1988-01-28

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1988-02-04

    In 7 days

  4. Rain Water

    Fri

    1988-02-19

    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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初十

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBurialPlantingTravelBuild a stoveOpen for businessInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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