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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 2018

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1131Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 腊月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Fri

    2018-01-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2018-01-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Sat

    2018-01-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Sun

    2018-02-04

    In 18 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月初一

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingMend wallsSeal openingsPest controlLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Build a templeMove into a homeConstructionBurialFuneral processionMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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