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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 1853

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1126Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 7, 1853

Lunar 一八五二年 · 冬月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Wed

    1853-01-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1853-01-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1853-01-20

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1853-02-04

    In 28 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸丑

冬月廿八

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrateEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressFuneral preparationBuild a stoveMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseBuild a houseBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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