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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 1878

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 1130Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 5, 1878

Lunar 一八七七年 · 腊月初三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1877-12-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1878-01-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1878-01-20

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1878-02-04

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初三

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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