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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
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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

Tuesday, January 20, 2201

Lunar 二二〇〇年 · 腊月十五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2201-01-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2201-01-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    2201-02-04

    In 15 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    2201-02-19

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 大寒

Year cycle

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己丑

腊月十五

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringPurification riteBathingSculpture and paintingMove the hearthConsecrateRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageTravelBreak groundBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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