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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 2117

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Lunar month 1127Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 7, 2117

Lunar 二一一六年 · 腊月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Tue

    2117-01-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2117-01-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2117-01-20

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    2117-02-04

    In 28 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月初五

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardConsecrateLift misfortuneTimber workBuild roof beamsMove the hearthMove into a home

Avoid

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

MarriageMake an offeringTravelAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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