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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 1840

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 30, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 腊月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1840-12-22

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1840-12-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1841-01-05

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1841-01-20

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊子

腊月初七

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingComing-of-age riteMend wallsSeal openingsCut garmentsConstructionBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openingsInstall millstonesBuild a dike

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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