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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 2003

Select a date to view its almanac.

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Thu
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Lunar month 1129Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1212Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1213Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1214Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1215Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1216Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1217Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1218Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1219Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold20Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1221Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1222Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1223Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1224Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1225Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, January 4, 2003

Lunar 二〇〇二年 · 腊月初二

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

    Sun

    2002-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2003-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2003-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2003-01-20

    In 16 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

腊月初二

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelSet an altarConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBurialFuneral processionPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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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