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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 2012

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Lunar month 121Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1220Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold21Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Lunar 二〇一一年 · 腊月初十

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. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    2011-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2012-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    2012-01-06

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    2012-01-21

    In 18 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚子

腊月初十

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingComing-of-age riteMend wallsSeal openingsCut garmentsConstructionBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openingsInstall millstonesBuild a dike

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a well

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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