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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 2209

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Lunar month 111Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 8, 2209

Lunar 二二〇八年 · 腊月初二

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

    Fri

    2209-01-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2209-01-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2209-01-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    2209-02-04

    In 27 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月初二

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBreak groundVisit friends and familyLay foundationsBuild a storehouseReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBurialPlantingTravelBuild a stoveOpen for businessMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

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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