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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 1942

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1029Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 107Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow8Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 20, 1942

Lunar 一九四二年 · 冬月十三

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

    1942-12-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1942-12-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1942-12-22

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1943-01-06

    In 17 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬子

冬月十三

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateBegin studyMake a pactComing-of-age riteTimber workConstruction

Avoid

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

Build a bridgeInstall doorsHaircutBuild a templePlantingBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

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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