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A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

December 1888

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Lunar month 1025Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow6Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice21Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1122Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 31, 1888

Lunar 一八八八年 · 冬月廿九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1888-12-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1888-12-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1889-01-05

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1889-01-20

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲子

冬月廿九

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsBuild a stoveMove the hearthSet an altarBreak groundMarriageDig a wellClean the home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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