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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
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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

Wednesday, December 29, 1971

Lunar 一九七一年 · 冬月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    1971-12-22

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1971-12-29

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1972-01-06

    In 8 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1972-01-21

    In 23 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚子

冬月十二

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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