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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 2052

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Lunar month 1131Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 9, 2052

Lunar 二〇五一年 · 腊月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    2052-01-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2052-01-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    2052-01-20

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    2052-02-04

    In 26 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月初八

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyBegin study

Avoid

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

MarriageSet the marriage bedMove into a homeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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.

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