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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.

December 1819

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Lunar month 1028Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow8Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 24, 1819

Lunar 一八一九年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1819-12-22

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1819-12-24

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1820-01-06

    In 13 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1820-01-21

    In 28 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙子

冬月初八

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementTravelVisit friends and familyInstall machineryRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialOffer prayersMove the hearthMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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