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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 1870

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Lunar month 1126Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 31, 1870

Lunar 一八七〇年 · 正月初一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Thu

    1870-01-20

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1870-01-31

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1870-02-04

    In 4 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sat

    1870-02-19

    In 19 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁丑

正月初一

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalFuneral preparationSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurialMake an offeringCut garments

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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