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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

Saturday, January 24, 2218

Lunar 二二一七年 · 腊月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2218-01-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2218-01-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    2218-02-04

    In 11 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    2218-02-19

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸丑

腊月廿七

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedTimber workOffer prayersReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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