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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 2219

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Lunar month 1127Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1219Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1220Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold21Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1222Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, January 4, 2219

Lunar 二二一八年 · 冬月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    2218-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2219-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    2219-01-06

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2219-01-21

    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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲子

冬月十七

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyTimber workBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Prepare a burial plotBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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