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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

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

December 1912

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 101Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 13, 1912

Lunar 一九一二年 · 冬月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    1912-12-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1912-12-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1912-12-22

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1913-01-06

    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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬子

冬月初五

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingComing-of-age riteMend wallsSeal openingsCut garmentsConstructionBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openingsInstall millstonesBuild a dike

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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