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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 2051

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Lunar month 111Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 3, 2051

Lunar 二〇五〇年 · 冬月廿一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    2050-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2051-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    2051-01-05

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2051-01-20

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊子

冬月廿一

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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