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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 1819

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Lunar month 1227Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1220Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold21Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 130Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 131Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 6, 1819

Lunar 一八一八年 · 腊月十一

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. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1818-12-22

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1819-01-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1819-01-21

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1819-02-04

    In 29 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十一

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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