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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 1909

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1028Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 107Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow8Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 13, 1909

Lunar 一九〇九年 · 冬月初一

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

    Wed

    1909-12-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1909-12-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1909-12-22

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1910-01-06

    In 24 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙子

冬月初一

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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