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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 1887

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Lunar month 1226Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 1, 1887

Lunar 一八八六年 · 腊月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1886-12-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1887-01-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1887-01-05

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1887-01-20

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚子

腊月初八

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementTravelVisit friends and familyInstall machineryRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialOffer prayersMove the hearthMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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