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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 1874

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1128Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 12, 1874

Lunar 一八七三年 · 冬月廿四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Mon

    1874-01-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1874-01-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1874-01-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1874-02-04

    In 23 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙丑

冬月廿四

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Visit friends and familyFormal betrothalWelcome a household memberConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamMake an offeringConsecrateSculpture and painting

Avoid

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

TravelTreat illnessBurialOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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