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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 2204

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 111Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1220Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold21Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring5Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 23, 2204

Lunar 二二〇三年 · 腊月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Greater Cold

    Sat

    2204-01-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2204-01-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    2204-02-05

    In 13 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    2204-02-20

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月廿一

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Visit friends and familyFormal betrothalWelcome a household memberConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamMake an offeringConsecrateSculpture and painting

Avoid

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

TravelTreat illnessBurialOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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