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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 1952

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1030Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 13, 1952

Lunar 一九五二年 · 十月廿七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Sun

    1952-12-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1952-12-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1952-12-22

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1953-01-05

    In 23 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬子

十月廿七

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageFormal betrothalDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

TravelBurialTend a graveOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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