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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 1913

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Lunar month 1130Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow8Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1227Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 5, 1913

Lunar 一九一三年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

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

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sun

    1913-11-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1913-12-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1913-12-08

    In 3 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1913-12-22

    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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸亥

冬月初八

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

CaptureHuntingVisit friends and familyLift misfortuneFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Set a bedInstall doorsBreak ground for burialTend a graveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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