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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 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

Monday, January 9, 1854

Lunar 一八五三年 · 腊月十一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1854-01-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1854-01-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1854-01-20

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1854-02-04

    In 26 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十一

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBreak groundVisit friends and familyLay foundationsBuild a storehouseReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBurialPlantingTravelBuild a stoveOpen for businessMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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