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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 1943

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1128Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow8Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1122Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice23Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 19, 1943

Lunar 一九四三年 · 冬月廿三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Wed

    1943-12-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1943-12-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1943-12-23

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1944-01-06

    In 18 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

甲子

冬月廿三

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build roof beamsConstructionBreak groundInstall doorsBuild a stoveSeal openingsDig a pondBuild a washroomBuild a dikeMend walls

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersDig a wellFuneral processionBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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