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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 1991

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 18, 1991

Lunar 一九九〇年 · 腊月初三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1991-01-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1991-01-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1991-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1991-02-04

    In 17 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己丑

腊月初三

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedCut garmentsTradeExecute an agreementFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyMarriageTravelConsecratePlantingBreak groundBreak ground for burialMove into a homeTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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