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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

Wednesday, January 29, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 正月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1868-01-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1868-02-04

    In 6 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    1868-02-19

    In 21 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

正月初五

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactRelocateReceive wealthOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementMove into a homeVisit friends and familyLift misfortune

Avoid

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

Visit the sickMake an offeringTravelRaise a roof beamBuild a houseThanksgiving riteBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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