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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 1968

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Lunar month 101Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 6, 1968

Lunar 一九六八年 · 十月十七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    1968-11-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1968-12-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1968-12-07

    In 1 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1968-12-22

    In 16 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸亥

十月十七

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutAcquire propertySeal openingsEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeSet a bedDig a wellConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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