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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 2161

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Lunar month 1228Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 130Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 131Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring3Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 29, 2161

Lunar 二一六一年 · 正月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Greater Cold

    Tue

    2161-01-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2161-01-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2161-02-03

    In 5 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    2161-02-18

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己丑

正月初四

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelHaircutSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Dig a wellOffer prayersThanksgiving riteBreak groundMove into a homeRaise a roof beamConstructionBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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