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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 2230

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Lunar month 1127Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 3, 2230

Lunar 二二二九年 · 冬月十九

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. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2229-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2230-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    2230-01-06

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2230-01-20

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙子

冬月十九

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementTravelVisit friends and familyInstall machineryRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialOffer prayersMove the hearthMove into a home

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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