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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 1998

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 4, 1998

Lunar 一九九七年 · 腊月初六

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. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1997-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1998-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1998-01-05

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1998-01-20

    In 16 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬子

腊月初六

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build roof beamsConstructionBreak groundInstall doorsBuild a stoveSeal openingsDig a pondBuild a washroomBuild a dikeMend walls

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersDig a wellFuneral processionBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

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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