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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 2001

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 1231Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 11, 2001

Lunar 二〇〇〇年 · 腊月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    2001-01-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2001-01-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    2001-01-20

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    2001-02-04

    In 24 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己丑

腊月十七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrateEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressFuneral preparationBuild a stoveMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseBuild a houseBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

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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