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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 1877

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1131Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring3Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 14, 1877

Lunar 一八七六年 · 腊月初一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Fri

    1877-01-05

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1877-01-14

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1877-01-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1877-02-03

    In 20 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月初一

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestockBuild animal sheltersMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedConsecrate

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingBurialHaircutBuild a templeBuild a stoveFuneral preparationFuneral processionBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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