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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 2031

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Lunar month 1229Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 21, 2031

Lunar 二〇三〇年 · 腊月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    2031-01-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2031-01-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2031-02-04

    In 14 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    2031-02-19

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

己丑

腊月廿八

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

Avoid

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

Open for businessTimber workMarriageBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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