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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 1889

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 111Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice21Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1222Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1223Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1224Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1225Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1226Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 16, 1889

Lunar 一八八九年 · 冬月廿四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1889-12-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1889-12-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1889-12-21

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1890-01-05

    In 20 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙子

冬月廿四

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementTravelVisit friends and familyInstall machineryRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialOffer prayersMove the hearthMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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