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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
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Thu
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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

Wednesday, December 26, 1951

Lunar 一九五一年 · 冬月廿八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1951-12-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1951-12-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1952-01-06

    In 11 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1952-01-21

    In 26 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

冬月廿八

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Train livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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