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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
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Thu
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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

Monday, January 5, 1998

Lunar 一九九七年 · 腊月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1997-12-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1998-01-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1998-01-20

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1998-02-04

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小寒

Year cycle

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初七

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthSet a bedCut garmentsBuild animal sheltersBurialThanksgiving riteTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageOpen for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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