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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 2196

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Lunar month 1127Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Cold20Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1221Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, January 8, 2196

Lunar 二一九五年 · 腊月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    Tue

    2196-01-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2196-01-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2196-01-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Spring

    Thu

    2196-02-04

    In 27 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己丑

腊月初九

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialErect a memorialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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