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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 2010

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1127Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 冬月廿六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Tue

    2010-01-05

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2010-01-10

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2010-01-20

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    2010-02-04

    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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁丑

冬月廿六

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringPray for childrenMove the hearthSculpture and paintingCut garmentsVisit friends and familyBegin studyDismantle

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageBuild a templeSet a bedThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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