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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 1846

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1128Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 3, 1846

Lunar 一八四五年 · 腊月初六

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. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1845-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1846-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1846-01-05

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1846-01-20

    In 17 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊子

腊月初六

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageFormal betrothalDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

TravelBurialTend a graveOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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