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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 1882

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Lunar month 111Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 3, 1882

Lunar 一八八一年 · 冬月十四

Daily direction

Due South

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

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    1881-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1882-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1882-01-05

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1882-01-20

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚子

冬月十四

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessExecute an agreementConsecrateLift misfortuneInstall machineryRaise a roof beamTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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