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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 1869

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1127Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 24, 1869

Lunar 一八六八年 · 腊月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1869-01-20

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1869-01-24

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1869-02-04

    In 11 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    1869-02-18

    In 25 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十二

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenVisit friends and familyLift misfortuneTravelBegin study

Avoid

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

Move into a homeConsecrateBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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