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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 1872

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 111Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice21Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1122Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 7, 1872

Lunar 一八七二年 · 冬月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    1872-11-22

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1872-12-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1872-12-21

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1873-01-05

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 大雪

Year cycle

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬子

冬月初七

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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