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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 2081

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 1129Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold19Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1220Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring3Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 7, 2081

Lunar 二〇八〇年 · 冬月廿八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    2081-01-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2081-01-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2081-01-19

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2081-02-03

    In 27 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己丑

冬月廿八

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalBathingConstructionBreak groundOffer prayersPurification rite

Avoid

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

Build a houseOpen for businessBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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