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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 1919

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Lunar month 1030Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 107Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow8Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1122Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice23Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 25, 1919

Lunar 一九一九年 · 冬月初四

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

    Tue

    1919-12-23

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1919-12-25

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1920-01-06

    In 12 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1920-01-21

    In 27 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙子

冬月初四

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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