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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 2184

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Lunar month 1128Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 4, 2184

Lunar 二一八三年 · 冬月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    2183-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2184-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2184-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    2184-01-20

    In 16 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

甲子

冬月廿一

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementTravelVisit friends and familyInstall machineryRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialOffer prayersMove the hearthMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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