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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 2178

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 15, 2178

Lunar 二一七七年 · 冬月廿七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    2178-01-05

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2178-01-15

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    2178-01-20

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    2178-02-04

    In 20 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸丑

冬月廿七

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingHaircutGroom nailsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageRaise a roof beamOpen for businessPurification riteBuild a houseInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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