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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 2042

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Lunar month 1229Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1219Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Cold20Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1221Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 130Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 131Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, January 9, 2042

Lunar 二〇四一年 · 腊月十八

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. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    2042-01-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2042-01-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2042-01-20

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2042-02-04

    In 26 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月十八

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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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