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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 1886

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
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Lunar month 1127Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 28, 1886

Lunar 一八八五年 · 腊月廿四

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. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1886-01-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1886-01-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1886-02-04

    In 7 days

  4. Rain Water

    Fri

    1886-02-19

    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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己丑

腊月廿四

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedCut garmentsTradeExecute an agreementFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyMarriageTravelConsecratePlantingBreak groundBreak ground for burialMove into a homeTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

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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