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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 1868

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TODAY
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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

Sunday, December 27, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 冬月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    1868-12-21

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1868-12-27

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1869-01-05

    In 9 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1869-01-20

    In 24 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲子

冬月十四

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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