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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 1900

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Lunar month 1131Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 23, 1900

Lunar 一八九九年 · 腊月廿三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1900-01-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1900-01-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1900-02-04

    In 12 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1900-02-19

    In 27 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月廿三

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthReceive wealthOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBuild a templeMake an offeringSet a bedThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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