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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 2138

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 8, 2138

Lunar 二一三七年 · 冬月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    2138-01-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2138-01-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2138-01-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2138-02-04

    In 27 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸丑

冬月廿七

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Visit friends and familyFormal betrothalWelcome a household memberConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamMake an offeringConsecrateSculpture and painting

Avoid

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

TravelTreat illnessBurialOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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