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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 1863

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 4, 1863

Lunar 一八六二年 · 冬月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1862-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1863-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1863-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1863-01-20

    In 16 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬子

冬月十五

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingComing-of-age riteMend wallsSeal openingsCut garmentsConstructionBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openingsInstall millstonesBuild a dike

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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