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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 1842

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Lunar month 1126Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 4, 1842

Lunar 一八四一年 · 冬月廿三

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. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1841-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1842-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1842-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1842-01-20

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿三

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingHaircutReceive wealthWelcome a household memberPlantingClean the homeCaptureHuntingMake nets

Avoid

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

Visit friends and familyBurialMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedOpen for businessFuneral processionMove the hearthBuild a stoveInstall doors

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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