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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 1883

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Lunar month 1131Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 8, 1883

Lunar 一八八二年 · 冬月三十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Fri

    1883-01-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1883-01-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1883-01-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1883-02-04

    In 27 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸丑

冬月三十

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthSet a bedCut garmentsBuild animal sheltersBurialThanksgiving riteTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageOpen for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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