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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 1894

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Lunar month 1131Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 13, 1894

Lunar 一八九三年 · 腊月初七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1894-01-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1894-01-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1894-01-20

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1894-02-04

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小寒 → 大寒

Year cycle

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月初七

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenVisit friends and familyLift misfortuneTravelBegin study

Avoid

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

Move into a homeConsecrateBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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