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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 2015

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Lunar month 1128Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold20Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1221Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1222Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1223Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 腊月初一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Tue

    2015-01-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2015-01-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    2015-02-04

    In 15 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    2015-02-19

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 大寒

Year cycle

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月初一

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthReceive wealthOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBuild a templeMake an offeringSet a bedThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

Avoid

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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