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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 2183

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Lunar month 1229Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 17, 2183

Lunar 二一八二年 · 腊月廿四

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

    Sun

    2183-01-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2183-01-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2183-01-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2183-02-04

    In 18 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月廿四

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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