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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 2011

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1126Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Lunar 二〇一〇年 · 腊月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    2011-01-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2011-01-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2011-01-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    2011-02-04

    In 27 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己丑

腊月初五

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateBathingComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild a stoveRelease waterBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageFuneral preparationBurialTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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