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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 2218

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Lunar month 1128Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1220Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Cold21Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, January 4, 2218

Lunar 二二一七年 · 腊月初七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    2217-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2218-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2218-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2218-01-21

    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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬子

腊月初七

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeWelcome a household memberMake an offeringBathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBurialThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Purification riteMove into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

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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