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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 1838

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Lunar month 1025Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 4, 1838

Lunar 一八三八年 · 十月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1838-11-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1838-12-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1838-12-07

    In 3 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1838-12-22

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸亥

十月十八

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedMake an offeringDig a pondMend wallsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateMarriageDig a wellBuild a stoveMove the hearthWelcome a household memberOpen for businessConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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