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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 1844

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Lunar month 101Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 22, 1844

Lunar 一八四四年 · 冬月十三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    1844-12-07

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1844-12-22

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1845-01-05

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1845-01-20

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 冬至

Year cycle

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙子

冬月十三

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsBuild a stoveMove the hearthSet an altarBreak groundMarriageDig a wellClean the home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

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

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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