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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 1826

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Lunar month 1026Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 21, 1826

Lunar 一八二六年 · 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

    Thu

    1826-12-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1826-12-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1826-12-22

    In 1 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1827-01-06

    In 16 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿三

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Train livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

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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