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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 1891

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1128Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 2, 1891

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 冬月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    1890-12-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1891-01-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1891-01-05

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1891-01-20

    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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊子

冬月廿二

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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