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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 1908

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1223Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1224Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 5, 1908

Lunar 一九〇八年 · 冬月十二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1908-11-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1908-12-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1908-12-07

    In 2 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1908-12-22

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸亥

冬月十二

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersCarvingRelocateOpen for businessMove into a homeTravel

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamOpen a storehouseDispatch goodsBuild a houseBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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