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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 2050

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Lunar month 1226Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 130Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 131Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring3Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 5, 2050

Lunar 二〇四九年 · 腊月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Tue

    2049-12-21

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2050-01-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2050-01-20

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    2050-02-03

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小寒

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月十二

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveErect a memorialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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