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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 1896

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1029Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow6Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice21Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1122Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 20, 1896

Lunar 一八九六年 · 冬月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1896-12-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1896-12-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1896-12-21

    In 1 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1897-01-05

    In 16 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚子

冬月十六

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateBegin studyMake a pactComing-of-age riteTimber workConstruction

Avoid

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

Build a bridgeInstall doorsHaircutBuild a templePlantingBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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