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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 1960

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Lunar month 1027Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 16, 1960

Lunar 一九六〇年 · 十月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1960-12-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1960-12-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1960-12-22

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1961-01-05

    In 20 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊子

十月廿八

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyInstall machineryConsecrateConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamBuild a house

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove the hearthMarriageMove into a homeOpen for businessBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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