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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

Tuesday, January 3, 1865

Lunar 一八六四年 · 腊月初六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1865-01-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1865-01-05

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1865-01-20

    In 17 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

腊月初六

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingHaircutReceive wealthWelcome a household memberPlantingClean the homeCaptureHuntingMake nets

Avoid

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

Visit friends and familyBurialMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedOpen for businessFuneral processionMove the hearthBuild a stoveInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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