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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 2025

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 1129Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring3Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Lunar 二〇二四年 · 腊月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    2025-01-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2025-01-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2025-01-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2025-02-03

    In 26 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初九

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneClean the homeMake an offeringTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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