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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 2008

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1220Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold21Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇七年 · 腊月廿三

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. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2008-01-21

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2008-01-30

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2008-02-04

    In 5 days

  4. Rain Water

    Tue

    2008-02-19

    In 20 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月廿三

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Visit friends and familyFormal betrothalWelcome a household memberConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamMake an offeringConsecrateSculpture and painting

Avoid

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

TravelTreat illnessBurialOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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