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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 1905

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Lunar month 111Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1220Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold21Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 19, 1905

Lunar 一九〇四年 · 腊月十四

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. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1905-01-06

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1905-01-19

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1905-01-21

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1905-02-04

    In 16 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月十四

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringBathingCut garmentsTravelHaircutRelocateCaptureHuntingRelease water

Avoid

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

Build a houseOpen for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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