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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 1956

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Lunar month 1025Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 23, 1956

Lunar 一九五六年 · 冬月廿二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1956-12-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1956-12-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1957-01-05

    In 13 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1957-01-20

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿二

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeWelcome a household memberMake an offeringBathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBurialThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Purification riteMove into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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