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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 2186

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Lunar month 121Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring3Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 24, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 正月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2186-01-20

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2186-01-24

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Fri

    2186-02-03

    In 10 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sat

    2186-02-18

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

己丑

正月初四

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveErect a memorialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveFormal betrothalMake a pact

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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