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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 1885

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1128Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring3Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 27, 1885

Lunar 一八八四年 · 腊月十二

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. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1885-01-20

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1885-01-27

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1885-02-03

    In 7 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    1885-02-18

    In 22 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月十二

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBurialPlantingTravelBuild a stoveOpen for businessInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

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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