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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 1826

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TODAY
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Lunar month 111Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 18, 1826

Lunar 一八二五年 · 腊月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1826-01-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1826-01-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1826-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1826-02-04

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小寒 → 大寒

Year cycle

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己丑

腊月十一

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateBathingComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild a stoveRelease waterBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageFuneral preparationBurialTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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