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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 1947

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1030Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow8Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1122Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice23Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 5, 1947

Lunar 一九四七年 · 十月廿三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1947-11-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1947-12-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1947-12-08

    In 3 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1947-12-23

    In 18 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

辛亥

十月廿三

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringComing-of-age riteCut garmentsTimber workBuild roof beamsSet up a horse frameLay foundation stones

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a boatBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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