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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Sunday, January 25, 1891

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 腊月十六

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

    Tue

    1891-01-20

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1891-01-25

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1891-02-04

    In 10 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    1891-02-19

    In 25 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

己丑

腊月十六

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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