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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 1878

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 111Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1224Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 23, 1878

Lunar 一八七八年 · 冬月三十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1878-12-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1878-12-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1879-01-05

    In 13 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1879-01-20

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲子

冬月三十

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Move into a homeRelocateTravelWelcome a household memberConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamInstall doorsBuild a storehouse

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessSet a bedPlantingBurialOffer prayersConsecrateDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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