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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 2147

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Lunar month 111Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 18, 2147

Lunar 二一四六年 · 腊月十七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Fri

    2147-01-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2147-01-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2147-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    2147-02-04

    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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月十七

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMake an offeringRaise a roof beamTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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