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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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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Sunday, January 28, 1866

Lunar 一八六五年 · 腊月十二

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. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1866-01-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1866-01-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1866-02-04

    In 7 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1866-02-19

    In 22 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己丑

腊月十二

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelLay foundationsSet a bedReceive wealthTradeExecute an agreementMarriagePlantingFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Hang a signboardMove into a homeRaise a roof beamOffer prayersLitigationBuild roof beamsBuild a stoveDig a pondInstall doorsBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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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