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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 1877

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1025Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 4, 1877

Lunar 一八七七年 · 十月三十

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. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1877-11-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1877-12-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1877-12-07

    In 3 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1877-12-22

    In 18 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛亥

十月三十

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak 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 (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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