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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 1928

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1025Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 19, 1928

Lunar 一九二八年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1928-12-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1928-12-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1928-12-22

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1929-01-06

    In 18 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲子

冬月初八

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageFormal betrothalDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

TravelBurialTend a graveOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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