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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 1958

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TODAY
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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

Thursday, December 25, 1958

Lunar 一九五八年 · 冬月十五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1958-12-22

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1958-12-25

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1959-01-06

    In 12 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1959-01-21

    In 27 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲子

冬月十五

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsBuild a stoveMove the hearthSet an altarBreak groundMarriageDig a wellClean the home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

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

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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