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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 1851

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1129Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 5, 1851

Lunar 一八五〇年 · 腊月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    1850-12-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1851-01-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1851-01-06

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1851-01-20

    In 15 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊子

腊月初四

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateHaircutGroom nailsSet a bedBuild a stoveClean the homeTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Timber workReceive livestockBreak ground for burialBurialPrepare a burial plotMarriageOpen for businessBreak groundTradeBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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