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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 1953

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Lunar month 1029Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 6, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 冬月初一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1953-11-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1953-12-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1953-12-07

    In 1 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1953-12-22

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸亥

冬月初一

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthTravelDismantleOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

PlantingDig a wellAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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