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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 2173

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Lunar month 1127Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring3Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 9, 2173

Lunar 二一七二年 · 冬月廿六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    2173-01-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2173-01-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2173-01-20

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    2173-02-03

    In 25 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸丑

冬月廿六

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrateEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressFuneral preparationBuild a stoveMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseBuild a houseBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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