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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 2030

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 8, 2030

Lunar 二〇二九年 · 腊月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    2030-01-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2030-01-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2030-01-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2030-02-04

    In 27 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初五

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelLay foundationsSet a bedReceive wealthTradeExecute an agreementMarriagePlantingFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Hang a signboardMove into a homeRaise a roof beamOffer prayersLitigationBuild roof beamsBuild a stoveDig a pondInstall doorsBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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