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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 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

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Lunar 二〇二二年 · 腊月廿七

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. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    2023-01-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2023-01-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2023-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    2023-02-04

    In 17 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

腊月廿七

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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