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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 2098

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Lunar month 1129Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold19Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1220Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring3Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 5, 2098

Lunar 二〇九七年 · 腊月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    2097-12-21

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2098-01-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2098-01-19

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2098-02-03

    In 29 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初四

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveErect a memorialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveFormal betrothalMake a pact

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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