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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 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

Saturday, December 20, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    1879-12-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1879-12-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1879-12-22

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1880-01-06

    In 17 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙子

冬月初八

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelSet an altarConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBurialFuneral processionPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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