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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

Sunday, January 26, 1890

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 正月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1890-01-20

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1890-01-26

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1890-02-04

    In 9 days

  4. Rain Water

    Tue

    1890-02-18

    In 23 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁丑

正月初六

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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