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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 1940

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 111Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 3, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 冬月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    1940-11-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1940-12-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1940-12-07

    In 4 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1940-12-22

    In 19 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁亥

冬月初五

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundSet a bedReceive livestockBurialTomb-opening riteFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthPlantingBreak ground for burialMove into a homeRelocateSet an altarSeparate householdsDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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