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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 2206

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Lunar month 1129Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1220Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold21Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 9, 2206

Lunar 二二〇五年 · 冬月三十

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. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2206-01-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2206-01-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    2206-01-21

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2206-02-04

    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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己丑

冬月三十

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMake an offeringRaise a roof beamTravel

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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