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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 1902

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1129Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1220Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold21Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring5Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 17, 1902

Lunar 一九〇一年 · 腊月初八

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

    1902-01-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1902-01-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1902-01-21

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1902-02-05

    In 19 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月初八

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBathingExchange family namesTradeReceive wealthFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeAcquire propertyMarriageBreak groundPlantingOpen for businessConsecrateBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

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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