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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 1867

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Lunar month 111Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 4, 1867

Lunar 一八六七年 · 冬月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    1867-11-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1867-12-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1867-12-07

    In 3 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1867-12-22

    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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛亥

冬月初九

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringComing-of-age riteCut garmentsTimber workBuild roof beamsSet up a horse frameLay foundation stones

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a boatBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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