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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 1865

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Lunar month 121Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1219Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 2, 1865

Lunar 一八六四年 · 腊月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1864-12-21

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1865-01-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1865-01-05

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1865-01-20

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙子

腊月初五

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneMove into a homeRelocateReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Timber workBuild roof beamsBreak groundSet a bedPlantingBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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