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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 2040

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TODAY
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Lunar month 111Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 1, 2040

Lunar 二〇三九年 · 冬月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    2039-12-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2040-01-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    2040-01-06

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2040-01-20

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙子

冬月十七

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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