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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 1963

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 101Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow8Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 18, 1963

Lunar 一九六三年 · 冬月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. 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

    Sun

    1963-12-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1963-12-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1963-12-22

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1964-01-06

    In 19 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲子

冬月初三

Day cycle

乙未

沙中金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTravelComing-of-age riteInstall machineryRelocateMove into a homeSet an altarSet a bed

Avoid

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

ConsecratePlantingTreat illnessInstall doorsBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己丑)牛 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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