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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 2126

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Lunar month 1230Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 18, 2126

Lunar 二一二五年 · 腊月廿五

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. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    2126-01-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2126-01-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2126-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2126-02-04

    In 17 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己丑

腊月廿五

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingSet a bedInstall machineryMake vehicles and toolsFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Build a stoveDig a wellMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

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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