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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 1895

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Lunar month 1230Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 2, 1895

Lunar 一八九四年 · 腊月初七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1894-12-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1895-01-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1895-01-05

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1895-01-20

    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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙子

腊月初七

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutClean the home

Avoid

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

Timber workReceive livestockRaise a roof beamMove into a homeBuild a stoveBuild animal sheltersMarriageBurialBuild roof beamsBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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