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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 1854

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Lunar month 121Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 4, 1854

Lunar 一八五三年 · 腊月初六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    1853-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1854-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1854-01-05

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1854-01-20

    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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲子

腊月初六

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsBuild a stoveMove the hearthSet an altarBreak groundMarriageDig a wellClean the home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

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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