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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 1852

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1028Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice21Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1122Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 4, 1852

Lunar 一八五二年 · 十月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1852-11-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1852-12-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Tue

    1852-12-07

    In 3 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1852-12-21

    In 17 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛亥

十月廿三

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMeridian therapySet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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