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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 1929

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 111Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 9, 1929

Lunar 一九二九年 · 冬月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    1929-12-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1929-12-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1929-12-22

    In 13 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1930-01-06

    In 28 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙子

冬月初九

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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