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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 1849

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Lunar month 1231Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 24, 1849

Lunar 一八四九年 · 正月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Sat

    1849-01-20

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1849-01-24

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1849-02-04

    In 11 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1849-02-19

    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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙丑

正月初一

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalBathingConstructionBreak groundOffer prayersPurification rite

Avoid

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

Build a houseOpen for businessBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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