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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 1999

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1127Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 22, 1999

Lunar 一九九八年 · 腊月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Wed

    1999-01-20

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1999-01-22

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1999-02-04

    In 13 days

  4. Rain Water

    Fri

    1999-02-19

    In 28 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月初六

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrateEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressFuneral preparationBuild a stoveMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseBuild a houseBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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