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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 2045

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Lunar month 111Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring3Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 18, 2045

Lunar 二〇四四年 · 腊月初一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Thu

    2045-01-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2045-01-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2045-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    2045-02-03

    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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初一

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Move into a homeSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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