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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 2022

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Lunar month 1126Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 23, 2022

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 腊月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    2022-01-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2022-01-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Fri

    2022-02-04

    In 12 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sat

    2022-02-19

    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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月廿一

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingSet a bedInstall machineryMake vehicles and toolsFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Build a stoveDig a wellMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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