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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 2102

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Lunar month 111Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 6, 2102

Lunar 二一〇一年 · 冬月十八

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

    2101-12-22

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2102-01-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2102-01-20

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    2102-02-04

    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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛丑

冬月十八

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringBathingCut garmentsTravelHaircutRelocateCaptureHuntingRelease water

Avoid

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

Build a houseOpen for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

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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