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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 1918

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 101Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow8Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 30, 1918

Lunar 一九一八年 · 冬月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Sun

    1918-12-22

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1918-12-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1919-01-06

    In 7 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1919-01-21

    In 22 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲子

冬月廿八

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build roof beamsConstructionBreak groundInstall doorsBuild a stoveSeal openingsDig a pondBuild a washroomBuild a dikeMend walls

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersDig a wellFuneral processionBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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