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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 1875

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1127Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 10, 1875

Lunar 一八七四年 · 腊月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1875-01-06

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1875-01-10

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1875-01-20

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1875-02-04

    In 25 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初三

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Move into a homeSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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