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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 1879

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1030Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 1, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 十月十八

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

    Sat

    1879-11-22

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1879-12-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sun

    1879-12-07

    In 6 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1879-12-22

    In 21 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙亥

十月十八

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringComing-of-age riteCut garmentsTimber workBuild roof beamsSet up a horse frameLay foundation stones

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a boatBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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