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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 1937

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Lunar month 1028Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 16, 1937

Lunar 一九三七年 · 冬月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1937-12-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1937-12-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1937-12-22

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1938-01-06

    In 21 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬子

冬月十四

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelSet an altarConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBurialFuneral processionPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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