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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 2137

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Lunar month 1230Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 130Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 131Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 18, 2137

Lunar 二一三六年 · 腊月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    2137-01-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2137-01-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2137-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2137-02-04

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月廿七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrateEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressFuneral preparationBuild a stoveMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseBuild a houseBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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