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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 1818

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1128Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 11, 1818

Lunar 一八一七年 · 腊月初五

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. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1818-01-06

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1818-01-11

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1818-01-20

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1818-02-04

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小寒 → 大寒

Year cycle

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初五

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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