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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 2217

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Lunar month 1129Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 8, 2217

Lunar 二二一六年 · 腊月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Mon

    2217-01-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2217-01-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2217-01-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2217-02-04

    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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月初一

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateBathingComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild a stoveRelease waterBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageFuneral preparationBurialTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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