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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 1966

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1027Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 18, 1966

Lunar 一九六六年 · 冬月初七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1966-12-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1966-12-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1966-12-22

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1967-01-06

    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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚子

冬月初七

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build roof beamsConstructionBreak groundInstall doorsBuild a stoveSeal openingsDig a pondBuild a washroomBuild a dikeMend walls

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersDig a wellFuneral processionBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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