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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 1841

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1028Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 9, 1841

Lunar 一八四一年 · 十月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1841-12-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1841-12-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1841-12-22

    In 13 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1842-01-06

    In 28 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚子

十月廿七

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateBegin studyMake a pactComing-of-age riteTimber workConstruction

Avoid

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

Build a bridgeInstall doorsHaircutBuild a templePlantingBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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