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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 1891

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1029Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 27, 1891

Lunar 一八九一年 · 冬月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1891-12-22

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1891-12-27

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1892-01-06

    In 10 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1892-01-20

    In 24 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿七

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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