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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 2002

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1130Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 16, 2002

Lunar 二〇〇一年 · 腊月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    2002-01-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2002-01-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2002-01-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2002-02-04

    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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月初四

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedTimber workOffer prayersReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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