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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 2201

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 1128Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 9, 2201

Lunar 二二〇〇年 · 腊月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Tue

    2201-01-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2201-01-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    2201-01-20

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    2201-02-04

    In 26 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己丑

腊月初四

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBathingExchange family namesTradeReceive wealthFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeAcquire propertyMarriageBreak groundPlantingOpen for businessConsecrateBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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