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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 1884

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Lunar month 1230Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 15, 1884

Lunar 一八八三年 · 腊月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    1884-01-06

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1884-01-15

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1884-01-20

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1884-02-04

    In 20 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十八

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingOffer prayersPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleLay foundationsRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseMarriageRelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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