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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 2006

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Lunar month 121Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 腊月十一

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

    Thu

    2006-01-05

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2006-01-10

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2006-01-20

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    2006-02-04

    In 25 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己丑

腊月十一

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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