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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 2208

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1127Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1220Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold21Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring5Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 18, 2208

Lunar 二二〇七年 · 腊月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    2208-01-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2208-01-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2208-01-21

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    2208-02-05

    In 18 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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初一

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveErect a memorialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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