DestiniDaily Insight

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 1970

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1129Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 9, 1970

Lunar 一九七〇年 · 冬月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Mon

    1970-12-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1970-12-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1970-12-22

    In 13 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1971-01-06

    In 28 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊子

冬月十一

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingComing-of-age riteMend wallsSeal openingsCut garmentsConstructionBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openingsInstall millstonesBuild a dike

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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.

BACK TO HOME