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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 2016

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1127Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Lunar 二〇一五年 · 冬月廿三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    2015-12-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2016-01-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    2016-01-06

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2016-01-20

    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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊子

冬月廿三

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Coming-of-age riteReceive wealthDig a wellDig a pondMove the hearthSet a bedTradeExecute an agreementHuntingMake nets

Avoid

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

Install doorsBreak groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurialPut on mourning dress

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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