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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 2196

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Lunar month 1127Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 1, 2196

Lunar 二一九五年 · 腊月初二

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. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2195-12-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2196-01-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2196-01-05

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2196-01-20

    In 19 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊子

腊月初二

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementTravelVisit friends and familyInstall machineryRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialOffer prayersMove the hearthMove into a home

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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