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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
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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 15, 2138

Lunar 二一三七年 · 腊月初五

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

    Sun

    2138-01-05

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2138-01-15

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2138-01-20

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2138-02-04

    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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初五

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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