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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 2028

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Lunar month 1126Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 12, 2028

Lunar 二〇二七年 · 腊月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    2028-01-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2028-01-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2028-01-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    2028-02-04

    In 23 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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月十六

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthReceive wealthOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBuild a templeMake an offeringSet a bedThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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