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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 1850

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 27, 1850

Lunar 一八四九年 · 腊月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sun

    1850-01-20

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1850-01-27

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1850-02-04

    In 8 days

  4. Rain Water

    Tue

    1850-02-19

    In 23 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月十五

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardConsecrateLift misfortuneTimber workBuild roof beamsMove the hearthMove into a home

Avoid

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

MarriageMake an offeringTravelAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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