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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 1896

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 18, 1896

Lunar 一八九五年 · 腊月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1896-01-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1896-01-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1896-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1896-02-04

    In 17 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己丑

腊月初四

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalBathingConstructionBreak groundOffer prayersPurification rite

Avoid

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

Build a houseOpen for businessBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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