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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 1885

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1029Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice21Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1122Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 20, 1885

Lunar 一八八五年 · 冬月十五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1885-12-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1885-12-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1885-12-21

    In 1 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1886-01-05

    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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊子

冬月十五

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutClean the home

Avoid

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

Timber workReceive livestockRaise a roof beamMove into a homeBuild a stoveBuild animal sheltersMarriageBurialBuild roof beamsBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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