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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 1867

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Lunar month 1130Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 4, 1867

Lunar 一八六六年 · 冬月廿九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1866-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1867-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1867-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1867-01-20

    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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿九

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactRelocateMove into a homeTravelInstall machineryVisit friends and familyMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification rite

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundSet a bedBuild a bridgeDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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