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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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TODAY
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Thu
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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

Thursday, December 25, 1817

Lunar 一八一七年 · 冬月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    1817-12-22

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1817-12-25

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1818-01-06

    In 12 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1818-01-20

    In 26 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬子

冬月十八

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneAvoid 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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