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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 2103

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1131Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1220Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold21Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 16, 2103

Lunar 二一〇二年 · 腊月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    2103-01-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2103-01-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2103-01-21

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    2103-02-04

    In 19 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初八

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialErect a memorialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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