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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 1838

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Lunar month 1231Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 8, 1838

Lunar 一八三七年 · 腊月十三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    1838-01-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1838-01-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1838-01-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1838-02-04

    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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月十三

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberCut garmentsMake netsLevel roads

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeBuild a templeBuild a stoveTreat illnessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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