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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 1948

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1028Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 20, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 冬月二十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1948-12-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1948-12-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1948-12-22

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1949-01-05

    In 16 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲子

冬月二十

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLevel roadsTend a graveEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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