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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 1949

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Lunar month 1027Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 23, 1949

Lunar 一九四九年 · 冬月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    1949-12-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1949-12-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1950-01-06

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1950-01-20

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙子

冬月初四

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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