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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 2195

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 3, 2195

Lunar 二一九四年 · 冬月廿三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2194-12-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2195-01-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2195-01-05

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    2195-01-20

    In 17 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙子

冬月廿三

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingComing-of-age riteMend wallsSeal openingsCut garmentsConstructionBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openingsInstall millstonesBuild a dike

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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