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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 2118

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Lunar month 1226Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 23, 2118

Lunar 二一一八年 · 正月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2118-01-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2118-01-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Fri

    2118-02-04

    In 12 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sat

    2118-02-19

    In 27 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸丑

正月初二

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyBegin study

Avoid

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

MarriageSet the marriage bedMove into a homeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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