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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 1879

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Lunar month 1229Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 17, 1879

Lunar 一八七八年 · 腊月廿五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    1879-01-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1879-01-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1879-01-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1879-02-04

    In 18 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月廿五

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBathingExchange family namesTradeReceive wealthFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeAcquire propertyMarriageBreak groundPlantingOpen for businessConsecrateBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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