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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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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

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Lunar 二〇一九年 · 腊月廿九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. 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. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2020-01-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2020-01-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2020-02-04

    In 12 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    2020-02-19

    In 27 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月廿九

Day cycle

乙丑

海中金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己未)羊 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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