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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 2193

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Lunar month 1130Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold19Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1220Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring3Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 16, 2193

Lunar 二一九二年 · 腊月十四

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. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    2193-01-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2193-01-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    2193-01-19

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    2193-02-03

    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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月十四

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMake an offeringRaise a roof beamTravel

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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