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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 1820

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Lunar month 1026Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 18, 1820

Lunar 一八二〇年 · 冬月十三

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. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1820-12-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1820-12-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1820-12-22

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1821-01-05

    In 18 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊子

冬月十三

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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