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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 1860

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Lunar month 121Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1220Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold21Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 29, 1860

Lunar 一八六〇年 · 正月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    1860-01-21

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1860-01-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1860-02-04

    In 6 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sun

    1860-02-19

    In 21 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁丑

正月初七

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Move into a homeSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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