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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 1914

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Lunar month 1029Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow8Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1122Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice23Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 27, 1914

Lunar 一九一四年 · 冬月十一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1914-12-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1914-12-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1915-01-06

    In 10 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1915-01-21

    In 25 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙子

冬月十一

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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