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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 1890

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

Thursday, January 2, 1890

Lunar 一八八九年 · 腊月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sat

    1889-12-21

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1890-01-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1890-01-05

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1890-01-20

    In 18 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙子

腊月十二

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Coming-of-age riteReceive wealthDig a wellDig a pondMove the hearthSet a bedTradeExecute an agreementHuntingMake nets

Avoid

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

Install doorsBreak groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurialPut on mourning dress

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Favourable

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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