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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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Thu
Fri
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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 12, 1851

Lunar 一八五〇年 · 腊月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Mon

    1851-01-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1851-01-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1851-01-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1851-02-04

    In 23 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

己丑

腊月十一

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Repair wallsLevel roadsFuneral preparationMove a coffinAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a homeConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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