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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 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

Friday, December 17, 1937

Lunar 一九三七年 · 冬月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1937-12-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1937-12-22

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1938-01-06

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬子

冬月十五

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyInstall machineryConsecrateConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamBuild a house

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove the hearthMarriageMove into a homeOpen for businessBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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