DestiniDaily Insight

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 2041

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring3Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 18, 2041

Lunar 二〇四〇年 · 腊月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    2041-01-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2041-01-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2041-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    2041-02-03

    In 16 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己丑

腊月十六

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringPurification riteBathingSculpture and paintingMove the hearthConsecrateRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageTravelBreak groundBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

Favourable

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

BACK TO HOME