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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 1969

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Lunar month 1030Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 29, 1969

Lunar 一九六九年 · 冬月廿一

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. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1969-12-22

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1969-12-29

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1970-01-06

    In 8 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1970-01-20

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙子

冬月廿一

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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