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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.

December 1817

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Lunar month 1030Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 14, 1817

Lunar 一八一七年 · 冬月初七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Greater Snow

    Sun

    1817-12-07

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1817-12-14

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1817-12-22

    In 8 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1818-01-06

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大雪 → 冬至

Year cycle

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬子

冬月初七

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Treat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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