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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

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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TODAY
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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

Saturday, January 16, 2117

Lunar 二一一六年 · 腊月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2117-01-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2117-01-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    2117-02-04

    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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月十四

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestockBuild animal sheltersMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedConsecrate

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingBurialHaircutBuild a templeBuild a stoveFuneral preparationFuneral processionBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

Favourable

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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