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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 1882

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 111Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Cold20Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1221Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 30, 1882

Lunar 一八八一年 · 腊月十一

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. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1882-01-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1882-01-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1882-02-04

    In 5 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sun

    1882-02-19

    In 20 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月十一

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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