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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 2021

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
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Tue
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1127Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring3Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 冬月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    2020-12-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2021-01-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2021-01-05

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2021-01-20

    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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊子

冬月二十

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build roof beamsConstructionBreak groundInstall doorsBuild a stoveSeal openingsDig a pondBuild a washroomBuild a dikeMend walls

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersDig a wellFuneral processionBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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