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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 2168

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Lunar month 1127Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 14, 2168

Lunar 二一六七年 · 腊月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    2168-01-06

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2168-01-14

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2168-01-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    2168-02-04

    In 21 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初五

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthSet a bedCut garmentsBuild animal sheltersBurialThanksgiving riteTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageOpen for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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