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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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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

Sunday, January 31, 1886

Lunar 一八八五年 · 腊月廿七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1886-01-31

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1886-02-04

    In 4 days

  4. Rain Water

    Fri

    1886-02-19

    In 19 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

腊月廿七

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelHaircutSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Dig a wellOffer prayersThanksgiving riteBreak groundMove into a homeRaise a roof beamConstructionBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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