DestiniDaily Insight

Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 1871

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 111Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 14, 1871

Lunar 一八七〇年 · 冬月廿四

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. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1871-01-06

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1871-01-14

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1871-01-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1871-02-04

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小寒 → 大寒

Year cycle

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己丑

冬月廿四

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.

BACK TO HOME