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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 2013

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 腊月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Sat

    2013-01-05

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2013-01-15

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2013-01-20

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2013-02-04

    In 20 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初四

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBreak groundVisit friends and familyLay foundationsBuild a storehouseReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBurialPlantingTravelBuild a stoveOpen for businessMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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