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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

Saturday, January 6, 1883

Lunar 一八八二年 · 冬月廿八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1883-01-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1883-01-20

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1883-02-04

    In 29 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸丑

冬月廿八

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactExchange family namesMake an offeringComing-of-age riteCut garmentsVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Open for businessSet a bedBurialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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