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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 1839

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1220Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold21Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 23, 1839

Lunar 一八三八年 · 腊月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1839-01-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1839-01-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1839-02-04

    In 12 days

  4. Rain Water

    Tue

    1839-02-19

    In 27 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月初九

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingSet a bedInstall machineryMake vehicles and toolsFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Build a stoveDig a wellMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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