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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 1845

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Lunar month 1130Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 17, 1845

Lunar 一八四五年 · 冬月十九

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

    Sun

    1845-12-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1845-12-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1845-12-22

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1846-01-05

    In 19 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊子

冬月十九

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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