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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 1886

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 19, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 冬月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    1886-12-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1886-12-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1886-12-22

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1887-01-05

    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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿四

Day cycle

癸丑

桑柘木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Build a stoveSculpture and paintingFuneral processionLitigationTimber workBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁未)羊 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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