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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 1822

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Lunar month 1230Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 3, 1822

Lunar 一八二一年 · 腊月十一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1821-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1822-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1822-01-06

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1822-01-20

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚子

腊月十一

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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