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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 2020

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1229Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Lunar 二〇一九年 · 腊月二十

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

    Mon

    2020-01-06

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2020-01-14

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2020-01-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2020-02-04

    In 21 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月二十

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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