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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 1996

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1131Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1220Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold21Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 23, 1996

Lunar 一九九五年 · 腊月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1996-01-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1996-01-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1996-02-04

    In 12 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1996-02-19

    In 27 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

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己丑

腊月初四

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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