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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 1859

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Lunar month 1127Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 1, 1859

Lunar 一八五九年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1859-11-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1859-12-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1859-12-07

    In 6 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1859-12-22

    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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙亥

冬月初八

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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