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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 1955

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1027Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow8Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 4, 1955

Lunar 一九五五年 · 十月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1955-11-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1955-12-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1955-12-08

    In 4 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1955-12-22

    In 18 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丁亥

十月廿一

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneRepair wallsComing-of-age riteTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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