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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 1970

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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

Sunday, December 20, 1970

Lunar 一九七〇年 · 冬月廿二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1970-12-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1970-12-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1970-12-22

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1971-01-06

    In 17 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

冬月廿二

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenSculpture and paintingLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthWelcome a household memberFuneral preparationTake officeMove into a homeRelocateTravelBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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