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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 2042

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Lunar month 1229Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 130Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 131Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 28, 2042

Lunar 二〇四二年 · 正月初七

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. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2042-01-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2042-01-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2042-02-04

    In 7 days

  4. Rain Water

    Tue

    2042-02-18

    In 21 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛丑

正月初七

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMake an offeringRaise a roof beamTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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