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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 1989

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 111Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 7, 1989

Lunar 一九八八年 · 冬月三十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1989-01-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1989-01-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1989-01-20

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1989-02-04

    In 28 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙丑

冬月三十

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalFuneral preparationSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurialMake an offeringCut garments

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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