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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 2164

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Lunar month 121Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 4, 2164

Lunar 二一六三年 · 腊月十一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Thu

    2163-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2164-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    2164-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2164-01-20

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲子

腊月十一

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteSet an altarMove the hearthConstruction

Avoid

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

TravelDig a wellBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

Favourable

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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