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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 2143

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 12, 2143

Lunar 二一四二年 · 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

    2143-01-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2143-01-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2143-01-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2143-02-04

    In 23 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸丑

冬月廿七

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyBegin study

Avoid

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

MarriageSet the marriage bedMove into a homeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

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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