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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 2131

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Lunar month 1231Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 3, 2131

Lunar 二一三〇年 · 腊月初五

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. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    2130-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2131-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    2131-01-06

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    2131-01-20

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊子

腊月初五

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

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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