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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 1880

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Lunar month 1028Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice21Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1122Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 4, 1880

Lunar 一八八〇年 · 冬月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    1880-11-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1880-12-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Tue

    1880-12-07

    In 3 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1880-12-21

    In 17 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁亥

冬月初三

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a stoveTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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