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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 2023

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Lunar month 121Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Lunar 二〇二二年 · 腊月廿六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Thu

    2023-01-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2023-01-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2023-01-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    2023-02-04

    In 18 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月廿六

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelBathingCut garmentsOffer prayersPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageInstall machinery

Avoid

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

PlantingFuneral preparationBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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