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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

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 腊月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    2009-01-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2009-01-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    2009-02-04

    In 14 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    2009-02-18

    In 28 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月廿六

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMake an offeringRaise a roof beamTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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