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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

Friday, January 12, 2085

Lunar 二〇八四年 · 腊月十七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    2085-01-04

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2085-01-12

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2085-01-19

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    2085-02-03

    In 22 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月十七

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthReceive wealthOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBuild a templeMake an offeringSet a bedThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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