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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 1897

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Lunar month 1127Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring3Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 7, 1897

Lunar 一八九六年 · 腊月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1897-01-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1897-01-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1897-01-20

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1897-02-03

    In 27 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月初五

Day cycle

乙丑

海中金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己未)羊 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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