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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

Thursday, January 27, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇四年 · 腊月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2005-01-20

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2005-01-27

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Fri

    2005-02-04

    In 8 days

  4. Rain Water

    Fri

    2005-02-18

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月十八

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringPurification riteBathingSculpture and paintingMove the hearthConsecrateRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageTravelBreak groundBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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