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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 1868

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1029Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice21Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1122Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 19, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 冬月初六

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. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1868-12-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1868-12-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1868-12-21

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1869-01-05

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大雪 → 冬至

Year cycle

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲子

冬月初六

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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