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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 1839

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TODAY
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Lunar month 101Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow8Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 4, 1839

Lunar 一八三九年 · 十月廿九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    1839-11-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1839-12-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sun

    1839-12-08

    In 4 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1839-12-22

    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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙亥

十月廿九

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthTravelDismantleOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

PlantingDig a wellAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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