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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 1971

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 1028Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow8Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 10, 1971

Lunar 一九七一年 · 十月廿三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    1971-12-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1971-12-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1971-12-22

    In 12 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1972-01-06

    In 27 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚子

十月廿三

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyTimber workBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Prepare a burial plotBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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