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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 1866

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Lunar month 1131Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 29, 1866

Lunar 一八六五年 · 腊月十三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    1866-01-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1866-01-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1866-02-04

    In 6 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1866-02-19

    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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己丑

腊月十三

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Level roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageOpen a storehouseDispatch goodsBuild a boatBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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