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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 1861

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 27, 1861

Lunar 一八六〇年 · 腊月十七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    1861-01-20

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1861-01-27

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1861-02-04

    In 8 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1861-02-18

    In 22 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

己丑

腊月十七

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingSet a bedInstall machineryMake vehicles and toolsFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Build a stoveDig a wellMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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