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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 1843

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Lunar month 121Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 130Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 131Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 10, 1843

Lunar 一八四二年 · 腊月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1843-01-06

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1843-01-10

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1843-01-20

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1843-02-04

    In 25 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初十

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedTimber workOffer prayersReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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