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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 2122

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 15, 2122

Lunar 二一二一年 · 腊月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    2122-01-05

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2122-01-15

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    2122-01-20

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    2122-02-04

    In 20 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月初八

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthSet a bedCut garmentsBuild animal sheltersBurialThanksgiving riteTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageOpen for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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