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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 2187

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Lunar month 1131Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 21, 2187

Lunar 二一八六年 · 腊月十二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    2187-01-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2187-01-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    2187-02-04

    In 14 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    2187-02-19

    In 29 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

辛丑

腊月十二

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyBegin study

Avoid

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

MarriageSet the marriage bedMove into a homeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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