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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 2004

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Lunar month 1228Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1220Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold21Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Lunar 二〇〇三年 · 腊月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Tue

    2004-01-06

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2004-01-13

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2004-01-21

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    2004-02-04

    In 22 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月廿二

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelHaircutSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Dig a wellOffer prayersThanksgiving riteBreak groundMove into a homeRaise a roof beamConstructionBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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