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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 2085

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Lunar month 1231Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold4Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold19Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1220Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring3Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 4, 2085

Lunar 二〇八四年 · 腊月初九

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

    2084-12-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2085-01-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2085-01-19

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    2085-02-03

    In 30 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初九

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedCut garmentsTradeExecute an agreementFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyMarriageTravelConsecratePlantingBreak groundBreak ground for burialMove into a homeTreat illness

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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