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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 2162

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1127Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 6, 2162

Lunar 二一六一年 · 冬月廿一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    2161-12-21

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2162-01-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2162-01-20

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    2162-02-04

    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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛丑

冬月廿一

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialErect a memorialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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