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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 2019

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Lunar month 1130Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 腊月十四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    2019-01-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2019-01-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2019-01-20

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2019-02-04

    In 16 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十四

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberCut garmentsMake netsLevel roads

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeBuild a templeBuild a stoveTreat illnessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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