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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 1867

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1130Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 13, 1867

Lunar 一八六六年 · 腊月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1867-01-06

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1867-01-13

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1867-01-20

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1867-02-04

    In 22 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月初八

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringConsecrateTimber workMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocateConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Open for businessFuneral processionPlantingTravelDispatch goodsBurialAcquire propertyLitigationTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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