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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

Thursday, January 19, 1882

Lunar 一八八一年 · 冬月三十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1882-01-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1882-01-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1882-01-20

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1882-02-04

    In 16 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛丑

冬月三十

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringBathingCut garmentsTravelHaircutRelocateCaptureHuntingRelease water

Avoid

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

Build a houseOpen for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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