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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 1866

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Lunar month 1131Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 6, 1866

Lunar 一八六五年 · 冬月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    1865-12-22

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1866-01-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1866-01-20

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1866-02-04

    In 29 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己丑

冬月二十

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBreak groundVisit friends and familyLay foundationsBuild a storehouseReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBurialPlantingTravelBuild a stoveOpen for businessMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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