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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 1850

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Thursday, December 12, 1850

Lunar 一八五〇年 · 冬月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    1850-12-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1850-12-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1850-12-22

    In 10 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1851-01-06

    In 25 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊子

冬月初九

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingSet a bedReceive wealthHuntingCapture

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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