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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 1828

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 1030Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 22, 1828

Lunar 一八二八年 · 冬月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Sun

    1828-12-07

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1828-12-22

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1829-01-05

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1829-01-20

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 冬至

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲子

冬月十六

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BurialTomb-opening riteMove a coffinFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Avoid other undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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