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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 1841

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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

Friday, December 17, 1841

Lunar 一八四一年 · 冬月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Snow

    Tue

    1841-12-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1841-12-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1841-12-22

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1842-01-06

    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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚子

冬月初五

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringRepair wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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