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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 2116

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1220Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold21Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring5Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 11, 2116

Lunar 二一一五年 · 冬月廿七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2116-01-06

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2116-01-11

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    2116-01-21

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    2116-02-05

    In 25 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

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己丑

冬月廿七

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingSet a bedInstall machineryMake vehicles and toolsFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Build a stoveDig a wellMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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