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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 1883

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Lunar month 1131Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 3, 1883

Lunar 一八八二年 · 冬月廿五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1882-12-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1883-01-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1883-01-05

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1883-01-20

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬子

冬月廿五

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateBegin studyMake a pactComing-of-age riteTimber workConstruction

Avoid

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

Build a bridgeInstall doorsHaircutBuild a templePlantingBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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