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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 1866

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1025Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 30, 1866

Lunar 一八六六年 · 冬月廿四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    1866-12-22

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1866-12-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1867-01-06

    In 7 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1867-01-20

    In 21 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿四

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLevel roadsTend a graveEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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