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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 2189

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 1128Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold19Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1220Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring3Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 9, 2189

Lunar 二一八八年 · 冬月廿三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    2189-01-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2189-01-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2189-01-19

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2189-02-03

    In 25 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙丑

冬月廿三

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteReceive wealthCaptureHunting

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove into a homeSet a bedBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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