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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 1990

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Lunar month 1231Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 1, 1990

Lunar 一九八九年 · 腊月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1989-12-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1990-01-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1990-01-05

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1990-01-20

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙子

腊月初五

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementTravelVisit friends and familyInstall machineryRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialOffer prayersMove the hearthMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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