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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 1863

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1029Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 23, 1863

Lunar 一八六三年 · 冬月十三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Mon

    1863-12-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1863-12-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1864-01-06

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1864-01-21

    In 29 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲子

冬月十三

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Move into a homeSet a bedConsecrateMake an offeringMove the hearthDismantleBreak groundHang a signboardFuneral preparationBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBuild a stoveAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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