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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 30, 2118

Lunar 二一一八年 · 正月初九

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. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2118-01-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2118-01-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Fri

    2118-02-04

    In 5 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sat

    2118-02-19

    In 20 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

正月初九

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingHaircutGroom nailsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageRaise a roof beamOpen for businessPurification riteBuild a houseInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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