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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 1889

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring3Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 21, 1889

Lunar 一八八八年 · 腊月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1889-01-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1889-01-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1889-02-03

    In 13 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1889-02-18

    In 28 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月二十

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveErect a memorialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveFormal betrothalMake a pact

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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