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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 1917

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Lunar month 1025Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 107Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow8Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 16, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 冬月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1917-12-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1917-12-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1917-12-22

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1918-01-06

    In 21 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬子

冬月初三

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionSet a bedMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTimber workPurification riteBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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