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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 2163

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Lunar month 1126Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 13, 2163

Lunar 二一六二年 · 腊月初九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    2163-01-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2163-01-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2163-01-20

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    2163-02-04

    In 22 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初九

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveErect a memorialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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