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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 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 30, 1890

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 正月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1890-01-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1890-02-04

    In 5 days

  4. Rain Water

    Tue

    1890-02-18

    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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁丑

正月初十

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringPurification riteBathingSculpture and paintingMove the hearthConsecrateRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageTravelBreak groundBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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