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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 1848

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Lunar month 1126Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1220Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold21Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 16, 1848

Lunar 一八四七年 · 腊月十一

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

    Thu

    1848-01-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1848-01-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1848-01-21

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1848-02-04

    In 19 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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月十一

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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