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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 1951

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1025Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow8Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1122Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice23Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 24, 1951

Lunar 一九五一年 · 冬月廿六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    1951-12-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1951-12-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1952-01-06

    In 13 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1952-01-21

    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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿六

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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