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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

Wednesday, January 21, 2004

Lunar 二〇〇三年 · 腊月三十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2004-01-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    2004-02-04

    In 14 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    2004-02-19

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 大寒

Year cycle

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月三十

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyBegin study

Avoid

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

MarriageSet the marriage bedMove into a homeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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