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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 1905

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Lunar month 1026Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow8Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1226Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 19, 1905

Lunar 一九〇五年 · 冬月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    1905-12-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1905-12-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1905-12-22

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1906-01-06

    In 18 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊子

冬月廿三

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionSet a bedMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTimber workPurification riteBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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