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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 1873

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 5, 1873

Lunar 一八七二年 · 腊月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1872-12-21

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1873-01-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1873-01-20

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1873-02-04

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小寒

Year cycle

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初七

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringInstall millstonesMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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