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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 2179

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1127Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 18, 2179

Lunar 二一七八年 · 腊月十一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    2179-01-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2179-01-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2179-01-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    2179-02-04

    In 17 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月十一

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactRelocateReceive wealthOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementMove into a homeVisit friends and familyLift misfortune

Avoid

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

Visit the sickMake an offeringTravelRaise a roof beamBuild a houseThanksgiving riteBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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