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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 2005

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Lunar month 1126Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇四年 · 腊月初十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    Wed

    2005-01-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2005-01-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2005-01-20

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    2005-02-04

    In 16 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初十

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelLay foundationsSet a bedReceive wealthTradeExecute an agreementMarriagePlantingFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Hang a signboardMove into a homeRaise a roof beamOffer prayersLitigationBuild roof beamsBuild a stoveDig a pondInstall doorsBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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