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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 1938

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1027Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow8Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 17, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 十月廿六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. 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

    Thu

    1938-12-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1938-12-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1938-12-22

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1939-01-06

    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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲子

十月廿六

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Coming-of-age riteReceive wealthDig a wellDig a pondMove the hearthSet a bedTradeExecute an agreementHuntingMake nets

Avoid

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

Install doorsBreak groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurialPut on mourning dress

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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