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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

Wednesday, December 31, 1913

Lunar 一九一三年 · 腊月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1913-12-22

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1913-12-31

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1914-01-06

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1914-01-21

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲子

腊月初五

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactLift misfortuneSet up a horse frameSet roof-post openingsConstructionBreak groundLay foundations

Avoid

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

RelocateOpen for businessMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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