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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

December 1830

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Lunar month 1028Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 17, 1830

Lunar 一八三〇年 · 冬月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1830-12-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1830-12-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1830-12-22

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1831-01-06

    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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊子

冬月初三

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Favourable

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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