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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 1865

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Lunar month 121Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 29, 1865

Lunar 一八六五年 · 正月初三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1865-01-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1865-01-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1865-02-04

    In 6 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sat

    1865-02-18

    In 20 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁丑

正月初三

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyBegin study

Avoid

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

MarriageSet the marriage bedMove into a homeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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