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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 1862

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 7, 1862

Lunar 一八六一年 · 腊月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1862-01-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1862-01-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1862-01-20

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1862-02-04

    In 28 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月初八

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

Avoid

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

Open for businessTimber workMarriageBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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