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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 1881

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Lunar month 1027Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 20, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 十月廿九

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. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1881-12-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1881-12-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1881-12-22

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1882-01-05

    In 16 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚子

十月廿九

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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