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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 1868

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Lunar month 1229Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1220Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold21Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 28, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 正月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1868-01-21

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1868-01-28

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1868-02-04

    In 7 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    1868-02-19

    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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸丑

正月初四

Day cycle

癸丑

桑柘木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneTrain livestockVisit friends and familyAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁未)羊 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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