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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 1857

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Lunar month 1228Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 11, 1857

Lunar 一八五六年 · 腊月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Mon

    1857-01-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1857-01-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1857-01-20

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1857-02-04

    In 24 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月十六

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyBegin study

Avoid

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

MarriageSet the marriage bedMove into a homeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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