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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

Tuesday, January 25, 1898

Lunar 一八九八年 · 正月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1898-01-20

    Passed 5 days
  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1898-01-25

    Since the previous term: 5 days
  3. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1898-02-04

    In 10 days
  4. Rain Water

    Fri

    1898-02-18

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸丑

正月初四

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedCut garmentsTradeExecute an agreementFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyMarriageTravelConsecratePlantingBreak groundBreak ground for burialMove into a homeTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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