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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 1870

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Leap lunar month 1027Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 1028Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 1029Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 1030Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 101Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 102Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 103Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 104Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 105Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 106Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 108Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 109Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 1010Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 1011Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 1012Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 1013Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 1014Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 1015Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 1016Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 1017Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 1018Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 1019Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 1020Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 1021Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 15, 1870

Lunar 一八七〇年 · 闰十月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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

    Wed

    1870-12-07

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1870-12-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1870-12-22

    In 7 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1871-01-06

    In 22 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊子

闰十月廿三

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingBuild a stoveReceive wealthCaptureHuntingSet a bedClean the home

Avoid

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

Open for businessPurification riteBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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