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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 2056

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Lunar month 1126Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 4, 2056

Lunar 二〇五五年 · 冬月十八

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

    Wed

    2055-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2056-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    2056-01-05

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2056-01-20

    In 16 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

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊子

冬月十八

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringRepair wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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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