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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 1861

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TODAY
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 101Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 24, 1861

Lunar 一八六一年 · 冬月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1861-12-22

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1861-12-24

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1862-01-05

    In 12 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1862-01-20

    In 27 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿三

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateBegin studyMake a pactComing-of-age riteTimber workConstruction

Avoid

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

Build a bridgeInstall doorsHaircutBuild a templePlantingBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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