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Daily Insight

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

December 1895

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 101Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 25, 1895

Lunar 一八九五年 · 冬月初十

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

    Sun

    1895-12-22

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1895-12-25

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1896-01-06

    In 12 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1896-01-20

    In 26 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊子

冬月初十

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Treat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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