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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 1880

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1128Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 23, 1880

Lunar 一八七九年 · 腊月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1880-01-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1880-01-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1880-02-04

    In 12 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    1880-02-19

    In 27 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月十二

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringPurification riteBathingSculpture and paintingMove the hearthConsecrateRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageTravelBreak groundBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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