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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 1862

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Lunar month 1030Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 6, 1862

Lunar 一八六二年 · 十月十五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    1862-11-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1862-12-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sun

    1862-12-07

    In 1 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1862-12-22

    In 16 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛亥

十月十五

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersCarvingRelocateOpen for businessMove into a homeTravel

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamOpen a storehouseDispatch goodsBuild a houseBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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