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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 1923

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1025Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow8Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1122Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice23Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 17, 1923

Lunar 一九二三年 · 冬月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1923-12-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1923-12-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1923-12-23

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1924-01-06

    In 20 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲子

冬月初十

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeWelcome a household memberMake an offeringBathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBurialThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Purification riteMove into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Avoid

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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