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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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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

Monday, January 9, 2040

Lunar 二〇三九年 · 冬月廿五

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

    Fri

    2040-01-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2040-01-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2040-01-20

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    2040-02-04

    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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丁丑

冬月廿五

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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