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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 2104

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Lunar month 1230Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1220Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold21Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 130Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 131Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring5Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 10, 2104

Lunar 二一〇三年 · 腊月十三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    2104-01-06

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2104-01-10

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2104-01-21

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2104-02-05

    In 26 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十三

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Move into a homeSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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