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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 1850

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Lunar month 101Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 1, 1850

Lunar 一八五〇年 · 十月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1850-11-22

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1850-12-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1850-12-07

    In 6 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1850-12-22

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁亥

十月廿八

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedMake an offeringDig a pondMend wallsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateMarriageDig a wellBuild a stoveMove the hearthWelcome a household memberOpen for businessConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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