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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 1890

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1030Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 8, 1890

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 十月廿七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1890-11-22

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1890-12-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1890-12-22

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1891-01-05

    In 28 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊子

十月廿七

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingComing-of-age riteMend wallsSeal openingsCut garmentsConstructionBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openingsInstall millstonesBuild a dike

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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