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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 2009

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Lunar month 1228Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 腊月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2008-12-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2009-01-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2009-01-05

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    2009-01-20

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲子

腊月初九

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutClean the home

Avoid

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

Timber workReceive livestockRaise a roof beamMove into a homeBuild a stoveBuild animal sheltersMarriageBurialBuild roof beamsBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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