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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 1939

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Lunar month 1026Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow8Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1122Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice23Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 29, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 冬月十九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1939-12-23

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1939-12-29

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1940-01-06

    In 8 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1940-01-21

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙子

冬月十九

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Train livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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