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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 1859

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Lunar month 1126Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 5, 1859

Lunar 一八五八年 · 腊月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    1858-12-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1859-01-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1859-01-06

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1859-01-20

    In 15 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲子

腊月初二

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Level roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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