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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 1957

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 101Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 13, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 十月廿二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sat

    1957-12-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1957-12-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1957-12-22

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1958-01-06

    In 24 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬子

十月廿二

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenComing-of-age riteTimber workSet up a horse frameBreak groundDig a pondBuild a washroom

Avoid

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

Install doorsPlantingBuild a stoveTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

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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