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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 2232

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Lunar month 121Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1220Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold21Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring5Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 4, 2232

Lunar 二二三一年 · 腊月十二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Thu

    2231-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2232-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    2232-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    2232-01-21

    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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚子

腊月十二

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelSet an altarConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBurialFuneral processionPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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