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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 1841

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Lunar month 1227Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 18, 1841

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 腊月廿六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1841-01-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1841-01-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1841-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1841-02-04

    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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己丑

腊月廿六

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBurialPlantingTravelBuild a stoveOpen for businessInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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