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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 1860

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1025Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice21Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1122Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 9, 1860

Lunar 一八六〇年 · 十月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    1860-12-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1860-12-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1860-12-21

    In 12 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1861-01-05

    In 27 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊子

十月廿七

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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