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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 1869

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Lunar month 1028Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 3, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 冬月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Mon

    1869-11-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1869-12-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Tue

    1869-12-07

    In 4 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1869-12-22

    In 19 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙亥

冬月初一

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageSet a bedWelcome a household memberFuneral preparationEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessTradeBreak ground for burialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

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

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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