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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 1994

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1126Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 1, 1994

Lunar 一九九三年 · 冬月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1993-12-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1994-01-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1994-01-05

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1994-01-20

    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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲子

冬月二十

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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