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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 1859

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TODAY
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1126Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 9, 1859

Lunar 一八五八年 · 腊月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1859-01-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1859-01-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1859-01-20

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1859-02-04

    In 26 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙丑

腊月初六

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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