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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

Sunday, January 31, 1819

Lunar 一八一九年 · 正月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1819-01-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1819-01-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1819-02-04

    In 4 days

  4. Rain Water

    Fri

    1819-02-19

    In 19 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙丑

正月初六

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyBegin study

Avoid

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

MarriageSet the marriage bedMove into a homeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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