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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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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Thursday, December 16, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 冬月十四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Snow

    Tue

    1869-12-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1869-12-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1869-12-22

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1870-01-05

    In 20 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙子

冬月十四

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteSet an altarMove the hearthConstruction

Avoid

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

TravelDig a wellBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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