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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 1821

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Lunar month 1131Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 21, 1821

Lunar 一八二〇年 · 腊月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1821-01-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1821-01-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1821-02-04

    In 14 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1821-02-19

    In 29 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己丑

腊月十八

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBathingExchange family namesTradeReceive wealthFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeAcquire propertyMarriageBreak groundPlantingOpen for businessConsecrateBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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