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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 2166

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 17, 2166

Lunar 二一六五年 · 腊月十六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    2166-01-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2166-01-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2166-01-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2166-02-04

    In 18 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己丑

腊月十六

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringInstall machineryRelocateMove into a homeBuild a houseSet a bed

Avoid

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

Open for businessTravelBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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