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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 1916

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Lunar month 1126Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1220Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold21Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring5Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 6, 1916

Lunar 一九一五年 · 腊月初二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1915-12-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1916-01-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1916-01-21

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1916-02-05

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小寒

Year cycle

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己丑

腊月初二

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleConstructionWelcome a household memberMove into a homeRelocateSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringOpen for businessFormal betrothalMake a pactReceive livestockThanksgiving riteTravelVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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