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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 1959

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Lunar month 1029Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow8Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 4, 1959

Lunar 一九五九年 · 冬月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    1959-11-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1959-12-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Tue

    1959-12-08

    In 4 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1959-12-22

    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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙亥

冬月初五

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

CaptureHuntingVisit friends and familyLift misfortuneFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Set a bedInstall doorsBreak ground for burialTend a graveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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