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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 1855

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1131Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 29, 1855

Lunar 一八五四年 · 腊月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    1855-01-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1855-01-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1855-02-04

    In 6 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1855-02-19

    In 21 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月十二

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingHaircutGroom nailsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageRaise a roof beamOpen for businessPurification riteBuild a houseInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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