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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 1871

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Lunar month 1026Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 9, 1871

Lunar 一八七一年 · 十月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    1871-12-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1871-12-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1871-12-22

    In 13 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1872-01-06

    In 28 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚子

十月廿七

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactRelocateMove into a homeTravelInstall machineryVisit friends and familyMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification rite

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundSet a bedBuild a bridgeDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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