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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 1936

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Lunar month 1029Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 6, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 十月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1936-11-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1936-12-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1936-12-07

    In 1 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1936-12-22

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己亥

十月廿三

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteSet a bedFormal betrothalVisit friends and familySeal openingsCaptureAcquire propertyBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

ConsecrateDig a wellBurialThanksgiving riteTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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