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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

Wednesday, December 12, 1877

Lunar 一八七七年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Fri

    1877-12-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1877-12-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1877-12-22

    In 10 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1878-01-05

    In 24 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬子

冬月初八

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenComing-of-age riteTimber workSet up a horse frameBreak groundDig a pondBuild a washroom

Avoid

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

Install doorsPlantingBuild a stoveTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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