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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 1836

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Lunar month 1027Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 16, 1836

Lunar 一八三六年 · 冬月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Wed

    1836-12-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1836-12-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1836-12-22

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1837-01-05

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚子

冬月初九

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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