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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 2158

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Lunar month 121Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 6, 2158

Lunar 二一五七年 · 腊月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    2157-12-21

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2158-01-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2158-01-20

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    2158-02-04

    In 29 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初六

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthSet a bedCut garmentsBuild animal sheltersBurialThanksgiving riteTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageOpen for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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