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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 2176

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1131Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 8, 2176

Lunar 二一七五年 · 冬月廿七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Sat

    2176-01-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2176-01-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    2176-01-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    2176-02-04

    In 27 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

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己丑

冬月廿七

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedCut garmentsTradeExecute an agreementFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyMarriageTravelConsecratePlantingBreak groundBreak ground for burialMove into a homeTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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