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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 1824

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Lunar month 1128Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1220Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold21Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring5Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 21, 1824

Lunar 一八二三年 · 腊月廿一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1824-01-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1824-01-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1824-02-05

    In 15 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    1824-02-19

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 大寒

Year cycle

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月廿一

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenVisit friends and familyLift misfortuneTravelBegin study

Avoid

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

Move into a homeConsecrateBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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