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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 1838

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1231Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 25, 1838

Lunar 一八三七年 · 腊月三十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1838-01-20

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1838-01-25

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1838-02-04

    In 10 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1838-02-19

    In 25 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月三十

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialErect a memorialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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