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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 1821

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1125Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 17, 1821

Lunar 一八二一年 · 冬月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Fri

    1821-12-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1821-12-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1821-12-22

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1822-01-06

    In 20 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿三

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsTreat illnessAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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