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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 2021

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1127Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring3Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 1, 2021

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 冬月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    2020-12-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2021-01-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2021-01-05

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2021-01-20

    In 19 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊子

冬月十八

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutClean the home

Avoid

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

Timber workReceive livestockRaise a roof beamMove into a homeBuild a stoveBuild animal sheltersMarriageBurialBuild roof beamsBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Avoid

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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