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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 1898

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Lunar month 1226Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 10, 1898

Lunar 一八九七年 · 腊月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    Wed

    1898-01-05

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1898-01-10

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1898-01-20

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1898-02-04

    In 25 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月十八

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialErect a memorialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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