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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 1881

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Lunar month 1126Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring3Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 28, 1881

Lunar 一八八〇年 · 腊月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    1881-01-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1881-01-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1881-02-03

    In 6 days

  4. Rain Water

    Fri

    1881-02-18

    In 21 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己丑

腊月廿九

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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