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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

Tuesday, January 24, 1854

Lunar 一八五三年 · 腊月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Fri

    1854-01-20

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1854-01-24

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1854-02-04

    In 11 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sun

    1854-02-19

    In 26 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月廿六

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthReceive wealthOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBuild a templeMake an offeringSet a bedThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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