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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 2108

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Lunar month 111Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1220Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold21Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring5Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 1, 2108

Lunar 二一〇七年 · 冬月十九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    2107-12-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2108-01-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    2108-01-06

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    2108-01-21

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬子

冬月十九

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactRelocateMove into a homeTravelInstall machineryVisit friends and familyMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification rite

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundSet a bedBuild a bridgeDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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