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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 1958

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1030Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 5, 1958

Lunar 一九五八年 · 十月廿五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    1958-11-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1958-12-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sun

    1958-12-07

    In 2 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1958-12-22

    In 17 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸亥

十月廿五

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSculpture and paintingConsecrateRelocateSet a bedTimber work

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a templeBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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