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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 2174

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Lunar month 1126Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 3, 2174

Lunar 二一七三年 · 腊月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2173-12-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2174-01-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    2174-01-05

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2174-01-20

    In 17 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲子

腊月初一

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingHaircutReceive wealthWelcome a household memberPlantingClean the homeCaptureHuntingMake nets

Avoid

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

Visit friends and familyBurialMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedOpen for businessFuneral processionMove the hearthBuild a stoveInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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