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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 1823

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1030Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow8Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 13, 1823

Lunar 一八二三年 · 冬月十二

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

    Mon

    1823-12-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1823-12-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1823-12-22

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1824-01-06

    In 24 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

甲子

冬月十二

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsBuild a stoveMove the hearthSet an altarBreak groundMarriageDig a wellClean the home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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