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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 1840

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Lunar month 1129Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1220Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold21Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring5Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 24, 1840

Lunar 一八三九年 · 腊月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1840-01-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1840-01-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1840-02-05

    In 12 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    1840-02-19

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月二十

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBurialPlantingTravelBuild a stoveOpen for businessInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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