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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 2014

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 腊月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Sun

    2014-01-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2014-01-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2014-01-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2014-02-04

    In 19 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十六

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestockBuild animal sheltersMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedConsecrate

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingBurialHaircutBuild a templeBuild a stoveFuneral preparationFuneral processionBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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