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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 1865

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Lunar month 1026Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 4, 1865

Lunar 一八六五年 · 十月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1865-11-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1865-12-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1865-12-07

    In 3 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1865-12-22

    In 18 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁亥

十月十七

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingCaptureHuntingMake netsClean the home

Avoid

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

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactSet a bedBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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