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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
Sun
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Tue
Wed
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 21, 1989

Lunar 一九八八年 · 腊月十四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1989-01-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1989-02-04

    In 14 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sun

    1989-02-19

    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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十四

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBreak groundVisit friends and familyLay foundationsBuild a storehouseReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBurialPlantingTravelBuild a stoveOpen for businessMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

Favourable

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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